Malta, where knights of the Crusades rested between battles
by BETH ALTENA Our Greek and Italian cruise seems like a lifetime ago since it has taken more than six months to get in our […]
Greece
Santorini, Greece, destroyed by volcanoes, saved by tourism
Our fourth port of call By BETH ALTENA Our fifth day at sea on our Greek cruise found us at Santorini, where we opted the […]
Then and now: Athens, Greece, birthplace of democracy
We spent a day in Athens, Greece, visiting the Parthenon, located in the Acropolis, which means “high city.” Habitation began there between the fourth and […]
Why so many stray cats in Mykonos, Greece
By BETH ALTENA Last November we went on a cruise from the port of Rome to Greece and various other ports for ten days, […]
Delos, Greece: Once the most well known cultural center of the known world
The story of the fall of a republic in one horrible day By BETH ALTENA If you are following my account of a recent ten […]
The first day of our cruise: Go to sleep off Italy, wake up in Greece
Travel series part two By Beth Altena The cruise we (Editor Beth and husband Bill) went on was a ten day trip with only the […]