The Itinerary October 25 - November 4, 2006
Oct 25 - Flight from San Francisco, to Frankfurt, to AthensOct 26 - Arrive in Athens, and hit the hotel
Oct 27 - Athens:
- Downtown sites
- Acropolis of Athens, Mars Hill
- off to the port in Piriaeus, set sail
- AthensOct 28 - Land at Thessaloniki:
- a ridiculous trip to Veria (shrine to St Paul)
- tour of Thessaloniki (Modern City with some ruins)
- Veria & ThessalonikiOct 29 - Land at Kavala:
- visit the shrine to Lydia (first European Christian)
- visit the ruins of Philippi
- tour the Acropolis of Kavala
- PhilippiOct 30 - Land at Dikili:
- visit the ruins of the Acropolis of Pergamon (modern Bergama)
- visit the ruins of the Asklepieion
- Kavala
& PergamonOct 31 - Land at Kusadasi:
- visit Sardis: ruins of the Temple of Artimis with one of the 7 Churches of the Apocolypse
ruins of Sardis with an incredible facade from Roman bathes
- visit ruins of Melitus
Nov 1 - visit the ruins of of Ephesus
- visit the Temple of Artimis, Basilica of St John, (and the next door mosque)
- visit the traditional Home of Mary
- Sardis,
Meletis, & EphesusNov 2 - Land at Patmos:
- visit the cave of St John, near the Monastery of the Apocolypse, Monastery of St John
Nov 3 - Land at Piraeus:
- visit the ruins of Corinth with the Temple of Apollo
- head back to the hotel in Athens
- Patmos
& CorinthNov 4 - agonizingly long flight home.