We got home late last night (Saturday)… We had been traveling just over 24 hours… I
got a little sleep on the first flight from Athens to JFK, then slept the 4
hours on the 5 hour flight to San Francisco.
Between the time change (10 hours there, 10 hours back) and the travel
marathon, my internal clock is confused… generally I bounce back and reset
quickly, but not this time… Its now a bit after midnight, Monday morning… I am
up working on the computer, playing with photos and writing…
I take a lot of pictures… Particularly but not necessarily
while traveling… On this trip I averaged
more than 100 photos per day… some days I shot as many as 250. I generally delete about a third of them immediately…
either because they have a technical flaw, or because I shot 5 or 6, and one
was clearly the best. Like most people
some are “post card” pictures… the basic photo of a ruin or a harbor to say I
was there… Some include Tina… some are just to remember the name of the
place I was, maybe a picture of the interpretive panel or a restaurant
sign. More often I take pictures for me, of things
that strike my fancy and hopefully speak to the places I have been. Graffiti is a common theme…
I occasionally play a game with my photos… submit an album of
only 12, my favorite 12 from a place… sometimes there is a more specific theme. Generally the post card photos don’t make it
in the album…
Of course, on this trip internet issues played havoc with my attempts
to post them while traveling… Now home with fast internet technology is no
longer an issue.
This trip (so far) has resulted in 6 albums…
The photos
12 photos of Athens,
1st day… Only a few of ancient
monuments and such… an early morning trip to the Central Market provided some
images.
12 photos of the Hagia
Sophia Also a couple from a souvenir shop nearby
12 photos from our second
visit to Athens – The museum of Archeology is prominent, particularly the
modern art they show among the old things… the Central Market appears again,
this time mid day…
Best
photos of Istanbul (not 12… sorry) – this is as close to slide tray of family
photos from a trip as I get…
12 photos
from Delos
& Mykonos The ruins of Delos with columns and statues
of Lions contrasted with white buildings with blue trim and wind mills… If you
visit Mykonos you are required to take pictures of wind mills (check the visa
stamp in your pass port… the fine print… its there)
12 photos from Santorini More white buildings with blue trim…
There is likely to be one of two more albums… but it is late
at night and the bed is calling…
Randy
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