Greece has some 1,400 islands of which only 169 are inhabited. It was August and we bought return tickets to Athens departing in October. From there, we had no idea where to go in Greece, not even our first night stay was arranged. Upon arrival in Athens airport we immediately purchased tickets to fly on to Rhodos. The flight was about to leave in an hour so we grabbed our only luggage – two small carryon bags and my flute and headed for departures. Why Rhodos? We were on a quest, a quest to find the Colossus of Rhodos. All photos were taken by me and the last three photos are from the public domain with their imaginings of the Colossus.
love the pictures and music!
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It was nice to wander the streets of Rhodos.
Leslie
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So much beauty!!
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And there was so much history too.
Leslie
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I am sure!
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I had no idea Greece has that many islands. Boy do I have to visit!
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Now may not be the best time to visit, but when things settle down, it is a treasure trove of beauty, history and architecture. It was, literally the cradle of civilization.
Leslie
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Why not now? Economy or world terror? I so want to see the architecture.
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There is so much unrest, economic uncertainty and the influx of refugees.These will all contribute to a safety factor to tourists. Things will settle down and then I would go. If you go on a tour you will probably only see the main sites and although very beautiful (Santorini etc.) you won’t have much time for some of the more intriguing places.
Leslie
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I liked the photos as well and shared this on twitter!
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Thanks so much Jason. Glad to share our adventure with you.
Leslie
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Leslie, I truly enjoy this!!! I dream to travel the world and seeing videos, and photos of places is so wonderful. Thank you for sharing. Do you have more???! I will certainly check them out. What did you use to create the video? I am planning to create some too if I travel in the future! : ) Great job. Thank you for sharing!
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Thank you so much, Khris, for your kind words. Yes there is much more. I will be rereleasing some of our videos of India soon. We use Apple’s iMovie for the videos and we create the music to go with it. We are currently working on Greece and then we’ll be moving on to China.
Leslie
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Oh my gosh!!! I am excited!!! I am no techie so I gotta research about Apple’s iMovie. I have no idea! LOL! Okay I’ll be waiting : )
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One of the Seven Wonders of the World nice Leslie 👌
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Thanks so much, Ian.
Leslie
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A virtual trip to Greece. I’ve just done a summer school about ancient Greek history and philosophy and the lecturer takes study tours around the ancient world – that’s on my list of things to do.
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It would be a wonderful experience. Do be sure to do that.
Leslie
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Wow beautiful pictures and the music is awesome. You show us the world through your post. I really like it! Nice to see a warm place. Here’s just cold even if todays temp in C are without a minus for the first time in weeks and even months.
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It’s warmer here today too, Anna, but my heart is still in Rhodos.
Leslie
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I can understand that. The warmer weather was nice today, but now in the evening we see the back side of it. It’s snowing!!!! I don’t like that even if it is beautiful when snow falls down from the sky.
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