Roma

Just some pictures from our wanderings around Rome. The last two show Felicia before her large beer (didn't understand that large was 1 Litre) and after :)

Catacombs & Appian Way

Next up we visited the catacombs and Appian way. The catacombs were massive; we visited a very small fraction of them, it is so impressive how complex they were. The carvings marking the graves were beautiful, particularly the mausoleums. We then walked part of Appian way, until we reached the original Roman road. It is amazing thinking of how they constructed the road, I can't imagine how difficult it would have been to carry the stones in.

Herculaneum

First stop when I joined Marc, Felicia and Daniel in Italy was Herculaneum. Similar to Pompeii, Herculaneum was an ancient Roman town destroyed when Vesuvius errupted. It is astounding how advanced they were; amazing architecture, the frescos grogeous, and love the mosiacs. Really liked the wine advertisement outside of one of the shops showing what wines they had on offer!

Falkirk Wheel

Daniel and Felicia came for a quick visit in the UK before travelling in Europe. We took them to several castles we had already visited, but we also made it out to the Falkirk wheel, which I hadn't previously seen. When developing the canals, someone made a bit of an error, and the two ends didn't meet (they were something like 30 m difference in height?). So they developed this fancy wheel, which boats drive into, and then it tilts and takes them up or down. Turns out to have been a brillant mistake; it is a very popular tourist attraction, they must make a killing from it!

Delos

Our last day in Greece we explored Delos. We lucked out for most of our trip, but that day was very hot! But it was a great day trip; Delos is a massive sacred site, with so many temples and ruins. My favorites were the temple to Poseidon (first two, and another temple for him his second from the bottom) and the temple for the dolphins (third and fourth photo). The last photo shows part of the ruins, it is massive! An amazing way to end an amazing trip!

Mykonos

Our next stop was Mykonos, another lovely island. We rented a 4-wheeler and drove around the island, which was great fun. Found some great stops, like a active convent built in the remains of an ancient castle, with goats running around the ruins. We saw lots of friendly feral cats, and enjoyed more time on the beach for sunset. Another gorgeous view from our apartment balcony :)

Paros and Naxos

Paros and Naxos were lovely - very quiet days spent wandering the beach, enjoying good food and amazing sunsets. Super relaxing! We stayed at a lovely place called sunset on the beach - very aptly named as you can see from the view from our balcony! And they have a restaurant on the water, with grapes growing throughout the ceiling, which they use to make the house wine. The white wine we had their was the best from the whole trip. Such a nice relaxing place to recharge! And still with amazing sites; the photo at the top is the temple to Apollo, with a view of the port town in back.