{"id":3219,"date":"2011-07-30T16:53:26","date_gmt":"2011-07-30T21:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/factrack\/?p=3219"},"modified":"2025-03-03T18:43:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T00:43:34","slug":"greek-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/factrack\/2011\/07\/30\/greek-islands\/","title":{"rendered":"Greek Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Delos from a distance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Reflections 2024<\/p>\n

As I have said, if you want to savor Greek civilization, you have to sample the settlements the Greeks had in the Eastern Mediterranean and on the coast of Turkey.\u00a0 That was one of the purposes of this trip–to Crete and Naxos and Delos and above all, the photogenic Santorini.\u00a0 That island, blown up in a massive volcanic eruption, has the familiar white and blue buildings that\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a>identify it immediately.\u00a0 Many of the islands have, by contrast, ruins that demonstrated their importance in the ancient Greek world.\u00a0 Not so much today, \"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>however, but the ruins themselves are extensive and impressive. Perched atop the hill, Santorini is accessible by funicular–or donkey!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a>Some of the other islands included Patmos (where the Book or Revelation was written in a cave), and surprising island of Crete.\u00a0 There, we toured the palace of King Knossos of Minoan \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a>fame, a wonderful museum, and the Venetian fort, a reminder of the Serene Republic’s grandeur .<\/p>\n

And the wonderful\u00a0 windmills\u00a0 at\u00a0 Mykonos. Easy\u00a0 to\u00a0 remember,\u00a0 but\u00a0 hard\u00a0 to\u00a0 keep straight.\u00a0 \"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Reflections 2024 As I have said, if you want to savor Greek civilization, you have to sample the settlements the Greeks had in the Eastern Mediterranean and on the coast of Turkey.\u00a0 That was one of the purposes of this trip–to Crete and Naxos and Delos and above all, the photogenic Santorini.\u00a0 That island, … Continue reading “Greek Islands”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-greek-islands-and-turkey-2011"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/factrack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/factrack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/factrack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/factrack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/factrack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3219"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/factrack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5808,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/factrack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3219\/revisions\/5808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/factrack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/factrack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/factrack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}