Europe Holiday 2008 Part 12 Corinth

The next day we spent at sea catching our breath! Early Wednesday morning we arrived at Piraeus, the port for Athens, and joined a tour to Corinth. This Greek Orthodox church is situated amongst the many port buildings - a haven in a very busy city.


Don 't forget to click on the photo to see a larger image.During the 19th Century a canal was cut between the Aegean and Adriatic Seas at Corinth - we caught a glimpse of the canal as we crossed the bridgeand then stopped so we could walk back and have a closer look - it is amazingly deep when you look down between the cliffs. And this sign intrigued me - do they have ice cream with their toast in Greece?Our first glimpse of the ruins of Corinth was the Acrocorinth on the hill overlooking the ruined city. This was built as a fortress BC and parts have survived numerous earthquakes over the years.The Temple of Apollo

Images of various ruins and places around the enormous site.

And of course I couldn't resist a shot of the poppies.

The museum site has many ancient and interesting exhibits.The Head of Dionysos crowned with vine leaves (2nd c A D)The Head of Dionysos in the middle of a mosaic floor from a Roman Villa (2nd A D - 3rd A D) I could feel a quilt coming on here!


One of the many artifacts which were made about 600 B CAll too soon we were back on board our ship - we watched this Tall Ship arrive in port.

And then we sailed - not a lot of colour in the buildings and there is quite a lot of smog.

The view as we sailed out.And of course we had to celebrate Queen Beatrix birthday being on a Dutch ship - but I didn't get a piece of cake!