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20090521_Greece_Rhodes_Kallithea_Beach.JPG
The beaches on Rhodes may be rocky rather than sandy, but they are just as beautiful.

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While this boat is a prop advertising a local taverna, the fishermen of Mykonos are still busy, particularly during the high season in the summers, catching fish to feed the tourists that flock to the island to party on its beaches.

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The flag flies over a viewpoint at the northern end of the Acropolis.

20090521_Greece_Rhodes_Filerimos_StationOfTheCross.JPG
When Italians occupied this island in the 1920s, they tried to improve the grounds at Filerimos. They built a walk to Calvary, with stations of the cross leading to a large cross overlooking the island. (If you look closely, you'll see that the text…

20090518_Greece_Athens_Acropolis_ViewOfTempleOfHephaestus.JPG
After one climbs to the summit at the Acropolis, one gets an amazing view of Athens below. This perspective shows the Temple of Hephaestus in the foreground, just north of the Acropolis.

20090521_Greece_Rhodes_Filerimos_Ruins.JPG
A much earlier settlement, called Ialyssos, had its own Acropolis here on Rhodes.

20090522_Greece_Santorini_Oia_AnastasiChurch.JPG
One of the most photographed spots in Oia, the blue domes on the white churches stand out against the Mediterranean Sea.

20090518_Greece_Athens_Acropolis_Erechtheion.JPG
These statues of korai, or Greek maidens, support the south porch at the Erechtheion, also known as the Erechtheum.

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The three islands of Santorini were originally one circular island. A volcanic eruption split the island into three parts, leaving steep cliffs behind.

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Trees frame the walkways through the settlement at Filerimos.
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