Italy | Venice | We Crociferi
From Kastraki I took the train to Athens , where I once again stayed at my Favorite Hotel in the city. I could not resist climbing the Hill of the Muses again for another view of the Acropolis and the Parthenon. The Acropolis, topped by the Parthenon (click on photos for enlargements) The Parthenon. Unfortunately it always seems to be under repair. The Acropolis at night, from the balcony of my hotel. The Parthenon is not visible from this angle. Then took an early morning flight to Istanbul. Would have loved to stop for some mutton kebabs at the take-out place next to my Favorite Hotel in Istanbul, but of course I cannot enter Turkey because of the recent Visa Snafu . So I caught a connecting flight to Venice. The plane left Ataturk Airport in Istanbul at 5:36 p.m. It was dark at ground level when we took off, but we emerged from the low, heavy cloud cover just in time to see the sun sinking halfway below the horizon, now banded with fiery reddish-orange light that gradually faded...