tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70435814148397867372024-03-12T19:54:36.817-05:00Zachary's Cornerzachary.rouse@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00132828034009646575noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7043581414839786737.post-13592921470364197512014-08-04T07:47:00.002-05:002014-08-04T07:47:30.051-05:00Greece, Montenegro, and Croatia <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had just arrived from Frankfort, and I was tired of airports so I picked up some random bag that looked like it could be mine and then went out to find my Grandparents. After I found them of course I had to take a picture so they could show my parents of my safe arrival. After the picture Ii handed my bag to Papa and said," Here, this is more your luggage than it is mine." (Most of the stuff in my bag was stuff for the boat that Papa had ordered and had shipped to our house.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So then we started the long bus ride from the airport to the harbor and of course the boat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After we arrived on the boat we had decided since we were leaving the next day it might be a good idea to get some pork gyro's because we wouldn't find them anywhere else that we were going. After some delicious pork gyro's we went back to the boat and I crashed. Then I did something that I had never done before. I woke up before anyone else did. Now if any of you know me, that is like unnatural of me. After waiting for 3 hours so my grandparents could get up as well as everyone else, we left the dock and said goodbye to civilization. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now in Australia I thought we had a rough first day, but I couldn't tell you how wrong that statement would be. We left the harbor thinking that the weather site would be right, however, it said we would have 10-15 knots of wind. Then we left and got winds of about 30-40 knots. Now any of you sailors out there would know that 40 knots of wind IS NOT FUN. And of course since it is the Mediterranean the wind was right on our bow. So we went through 5-7 hours of this crap and eventually we decided that this sucked and went to a closer anchorage. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">When you get bored sailing then have a leg fight with<br />your cousin. You can guess who won.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The next day wasn't as bad but it wasn't perfect, but we had to leave anyways. So we left and arrived to the spot we were headed for the first day and anchored right next to it. Now the spot that we were at then is a very special spot called the Corinth Canal, and if you don’t know what that is you should look it up. The Corinth Canal (in simplest terms) is a massive cut through the small piece of land between the middle and the bottom of Greece. Also the Corinth Canal was originally thought of by The Caesers. There we went through and then went to an anchorage near a historical place called Delphi.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">At Delphi high in the mountains</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now you can probably guess where we went next but anyways we went to Delphi. Now Tutu (my Grandmother) would probably tell you a lot about the historic value of Delphi, but I’m just going to tell you the basics. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Ruins at Delphi</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Delphi was where the Priest of Delphi lived and he/she could not speak correctly. Was called the Oracle of Delphi. At that day and age people were extremely religious and believed in almost anything a priest said about god. If you put some thought to it you would be able to figure that someone who couldn't speak right put was supposed to interpret their religion then the person who translates would hold all the power. So whatever that person wanted to happen would happen or whomever paid him got want they wanted to happen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the next place I talk of there is nothing historic that Ii know of but what happened to us was just too funny. It started raining one day and we just thought it was normal rain, but we were very wrong. After it rained we went out to go to town and then I said," Why is the boat red?" and then we all turned to look at it and well the boat was a reddish-orange color. Now after we went through the arduous task of cleaning the boat with salt water Tutu looked up what it might be. Well the weather site said that it was sand from the Sahara desert. Now of course your thinking what is the Sahara desert doing in Greece. Well I’m afraid I don't have an answer for you. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Setting the asymmetrical sail during the<br />passage from Corfu Greece to Montenegro.<br />First raise the 'sock' and then pull a rope to<br />raise the sock to the top of the sail,<br />letting the sail fly out with the wind.<br />I got to do all the cranking on winch.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now after we left Greece we wanted to head to Montenegro, but if you happen to have a map in front of you, you would see that we had the long coast of Albania to go through first. Since Albania was recently through a war and does not have much to see, we decided we would do our first overnight passage and go straight from Greece to Montenegro. During that overnight passage it was a full moon so we could play games as we watched. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">On night watch during overnight<br />passage up Albanian coast.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But after that horrible moment of your laptop running out of battery and you just can’t take any more Game of Thrones you just sit there… sit there… and do nothing but watch. So after awhile of Tutu looking at me she said," Alright I’ve got a timer, it will go off after 15min. So go ahead and take a nap. So I did and guess what. She never woke me up! I woke up after we had passed through Albania and saw Montenegro for the first time. But I couldn’t believe it; she lied to me! But anyways that’s all I have to say about that.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Where WW2 Nazi submarines hid in the mountain<br />at Montenegro. Tutu made me wake up early so I<br />could see the old Serbian POW camp and these<br />submarine things.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This next thing is long after that O/N trip but I'll say it anyways. Tutu had planned a trip through a lot of Montenegro and of course we had to go. So we waited at the stop and a van pops up that barely held all of us but we went anyways. So during the trip the driver was making jokes so the time could go by and the awkward silence between everyone could slowly dissipate and all of us become friends. After awhile he succeeded and we became friends with 2 Australians and surprisingly a Mexican guy -- all of them living in a hostel.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">First part of Tara Canyon. Very narrow and<br />very deep.<br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">The island on right was man-made by local people<br />back in the 1600s. There is a church built on it. We<br />drove the boat through that narrow cut.<br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At first we took several stops to get supplies for our 15 hour trip but after awhile we started stopping to take pictures of the the veiws of Montenegro's coast and of course the 2nd largest canyon in the world which is where our trip was based around. After about 3 hours of this we stopped at the first really interesting place. In this place priests sold honey and they sold this coffee that is very, very strong and grainy. Of course I had to try this coffee. But I mean this stuff is stronger than taking a swig of whisky. Also the cool thing about this place was that they powered themselves by harnessing the power of the waterfall that is right next to their church/monastery. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After that we headed to this historic bridge that was supposedly fought over by Germany and Montenegro in WW2. After that we ended our trip in one of the deepest lakes in the world -- Black Lake. We didn’t stay there long but it was very interesting just to look at it. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Hard to see but a tall wall went straight up the<br />mountain to a castle/fort on top. The main city<br />was inside the walls down near sea level.<br />This was an old Venetian walled city.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After our trip we came back to the city of Kotor. Now Kotor was once controlled by the Venetians in the 1400's. At Kotor there was a very long and large wall covering all the mountainside that looked quite impressive for something so old. But that’s really all I have to say about that. The Australian college guys who were on our canyon trip said it took them almost 3 hours to walk to the top of the wall and back down. No thanks!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To finish off this long essay about my trip here it is about the short time we were in Croatia. The only interesting thing that we did in Croatia was go to their capital called Dubrovnik. We went to Dubrovnik on what was supposed to be a pretty day but of course that was wrong. So we had to end our trip early because of the rain, but I'll still talk about what happened while we were there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After we got off the ferry and onto the port Elizabeth, my cousin who has been with me here, started doing her normal thing of," I’m hungry, or I want ice cream." So to start we found a suitable place to eat and ate there. But guess what, she didn’t like the place we chose so we had to listen to pouty Elizabeth, and sadly I can’t say I have seen many other forms of Elizabeth this summer. But anyways what we ate was pizza which is actually Montenegro's and Croatia’s like special thing, and not to offend you New Yorkers but their pizza is better. Afterwards we started walking down a long alleyway and found a Mexican Restaurant. All of us were sad we had pizza instead of Mexican food. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also this alleyway was filled with birds that look like bats which was kind of interesting. After that we went to an ice cream shop and got ice cream because well we were all starting to get headaches, and you can probably guess from who. After that we walked around trying to find a phone shop but then it started raining and we had to leave.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That is the conclusion of all the interesting things that happened this summer in Greece, Montenegro, and Croatia.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Siphoning gasoline. Papa put the empty gas tank on the<br />deck and the full tank up on the mizzen coach roof. He<br />put a hose between the 2 tanks and wrapped a rag<br />tightly around the hose at the opening of the full<br />tank. Then I blew into the tank with the rag tight<br />to my lips. This creates suction and the gas starts<br />flowing to the lower tank. Papa said in the old days<br />that people would suck on the hose and get gas<br />in their mouths. This works better!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh…a couple more things. One afternoon a bad storm blew through with winds over 50 knots. It was rough! Papa got the anchor up so we could get out of the anchorage and out to open water to wait out the storm. But somehow the rope on the dinghy got wrapped around the propeller of the outboard engine. The dinghy had been tied to the back of the boat while we were anchored. When Tutu started driving the boat after Papa got the anchor up, then the dinghy was dragged backwards. It filled up with water and the gas tank was outside the dinghy floating upside down. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I helped Papa get the gas tank onto the deck of the boat and to tie another line to the dinghy so it wouldn’t float away. After the storm passed we went back to our favorite spot in front of a hotel with wi-fi and we anchored again. Then we had to get the gas from the tank that floated into a clean new tank because any water would ruin the engine. Papa taught me the easy way to siphon. That was the worst storm I have been in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also, one day this summer Papa put on his diving gear and went under the boat to check on everything down there. After he was finished working, he had me come to the swim ladder and hold on. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then he showed me how to breathe underwater using this thing called an octopus. We only went down a few feet. We did this about 6 times. One time we stayed down several minutes. It was fun. Now I want to learn how to scuba dive.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">I enjoyed my time alone exploring in the kayak<br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><u>Using a foot-pedal pump to inflate kayak<br /></u></td></tr>
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zachary.rouse@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00132828034009646575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7043581414839786737.post-75938969095688285392012-08-05T08:49:00.003-05:002012-08-05T08:57:28.484-05:00what I have been doing these past couple weeks.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Ancient trade harbor at Knidos. Romans built that<br />
breakwater about 2700 years ago. The left side has<br />
collapsed and is underwater but the right side is still there.</td></tr>
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Well since I have been lazy recently I'm gonna put 2 weeks and 3 days worth of blog in one post.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Being lazy in the A/C.</td></tr>
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<b><u>Knidos</u></b><br />
In Knidos we went into a prosperous dock with a restaurant there. At first we thought that if we went into the dock we had to eat at the restaurant which would be extremly expensive because all they had to eat there was fish and it was 70$ per kilo and you pay for the whole fish head and all, but after we asked they said we didn't. We could just pay for the dock and not eat in the expensive restaurant. While there we found ice cream that was only 25cents, which is the cheapest that we have seen anywhere. Also when we were there we found out that it was the home of the first completly nude woman statue of Aphrodite or any other woman. Finally we went to bed after having dinner on the boat.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">A sign at Knidos that tells lots of stuff about the place.</td></tr>
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<b><u>Selimiye</u></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">The restaurant where we first docked in Selimiye.</td></tr>
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Then the next morning we went a long way and got to Selimiye, When we first got there and tried to go to the dock the dock was full so we had to go to a restaurant's dock. We stayed at the restaurant dock for 3 days, and the only thing we did was swim. Then on the 4th day we saw a open spot on the town dock so we went ahead and got in.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Man with gold teeth. That is his restaurant<br />
beneath the maroon umbrella.</td></tr>
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While at the town dock we met a man with a whole front row of gold teeth.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">At the restaurant dock we could swim right at back<br />
of our boat. That water is much deeper than it looks.</td></tr>
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On the first day at the dock we ate at the gold tooth man's restaurant and had a delicious shrimp casserole and an equaly good beef casserole. That was the only time we ate at his restaraunt. We just stayed at the dock and did almost nothing accept me going kayaking every once and a while.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">At night the restaurant put tables<br />
on all the dock area. They needed<br />
more room to serve all the<br />
customers. Really busy place.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Walking around Selimiye looking for an ATM</td></tr>
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When at Selimiye we found the holy bakery store. It had the best white bread I have had anywhere and at the cheapest prices. We stayed a really enjoyed this place for 9 whole days which broke the new record of being compltely lazy on a boat.<br />
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<b><u>Serce</u></b><br />
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On the 10th day at Selimiye we left and went to Serce. On the way to Serce we decided to fish which proved to be a fatal mistake. While motoring we came close to a French charter boat that suddenly tacked just as Papa turned to go behind them and they fingured us and cursed at us. I didn't know what was happening so I waved at the people finguring me. Then me and Papa got a good laugh out of something, and that something was that a few seconds later the fishing pole was ringing and it was going out really fast... too fast....so fast that all of the line went off. Then a few minutes later I saw the French boat completely stop so I think the line got caught on the propeller on the French boat.... MUAHAHAHA! Then some time after the incident we found a perfectly good fender in the water and picked it out of the water. Then soon after we arrived at Serce. At Serce we swam and had dinner and after I read which was pretty late and everyone else was asleep. It was so hot that that I had to get a cold pack out of the freezer to put on my chest and neck just so I could go to sleep.<br />
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<b><u>A Bay Near Marmaris </u></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">When we sail Tutu usually drives. But Papa<br />
was driving when the French charter boat <br />
turned when they shouldn't have.</td></tr>
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We woke up early this morning and had a dificult time getting the stern line untied, but we did it. Then when we tried to sail it only worked for about 20minutes then we had to motor for the rest of the way because there was no wind. Then when we got near Marmaris we decided to go to a small bay near Marmaris. Soon after arriving I decided to get into the water.While in the water I found a hat and decided to keep it,. Then after several arguments between BeBe and Tutu about having to do her blog we had dinner and went to sleep. The next morning we docked in the marina to wait for BeBe's family to arrive in the middle of the night.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">We put fans in the cockpit when sailing.<br />
It has been very hot.</td></tr>
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<br />zachary.rouse@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00132828034009646575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7043581414839786737.post-57622004378377168562012-07-09T05:55:00.000-05:002012-07-09T07:14:02.795-05:00Ephesus, Pamukkale and Cleopatra's Pool<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Goofing off at museum</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the blog posts for Thursday and Friday, and for today. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Thursday we woke up really early in the morning and took a van to Marmaris then took a bigger nicer bus to a ancient city called Ephesus. Papa and I went to the museum while Tutu and BeBe went to the house of the Virgin Mary. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then we ate an ok lunch with the tour group and went to the ruins of Ephesus. We looked at some old rocks that all looked the same and saw some big gates that looked magnificent and also saw the largest theater out of all other ancient theaters. The acoust</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ics were amazing.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Baths at Ephesus. Required for entry to city.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first thing when you arrived at the city were the baths. In ancient times everyone who arrived was required to bathe before entering the city. This allowed men like doctors to look at the stranger's body and see if they had any disease. It also made them wash off any germs they might be carrying although they did not know about germs back then. And the most important thing was that it would show if they had any hidden weapons.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While we were looking at some big rocks and columns that all looked the same we looked at the infirmary (ancient hospital) and also learned about some of the gods that supposedly roamed around Ephesus. If someone got healed in the infirmary then they left a part of themselves as an offering of gratitude to whatever god was responsible for healing them. Most people who survived the hospital cut off an ear to leave at the infirmary. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Ephesus -- it was hot!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Crosses & Bones game circle on right.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A popular game was called crosses and bones. People played this game on stones all over the city. There were also 6 letters that would be written next to the circle that they played in. When a stranger arrived he could play the game and people would ask him what each of those letters meant. If he answered all 6 letters correctly, then he was accepted as a Christian. They did this because Christians had to keep their new faith a secret.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Backgammon stone</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Another stone game board</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They also played backgammon on a big stone area. And some other game we didn't know about.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Gate of Hercules on main pedestrian street</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The main road was for pedestrians only. It was steep and sloped down over 60 feet from the baths down to the library. About halfway down was the Gate of Hercules. This was 2 columns placed on either side of the road that made the road get narrow. This prevented chariots from using the road.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Library of Celsus. One of only 2 libraries in the ancient world</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then after we looked at the Brothel which is also the first place in the world to actually advertise anything and they were advertising women. Stones were put in the roadway down near the port. Arriving sailors could look at the stones and decide which woman they wanted to meet. The stone would have several carvings like a woman's face and name, a heart that was shattered, a circle that meant money and a footprint shape. This signified that if a person had a broken heart and some money, he could follow the footprints and have the woman's company. A sailor would decide which face he liked best and follow that shape footprint to that woman's house or brothel. World's first known advertising.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then later we saw how small were all of the rooms the regular people lived in. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And we saw the bathrooms that they had, and learned that normally they would have their slave do all of the wiping when a man used the restroom. Only the men and their slaves could enter the bathroom, and only the men could use the bathroom. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then when we learned about all of the gates and about the statues and how long it took to make them. Then after all of that when we went through the magnificent halls to enter the theatre we checked out the accoustics for the largest known theater of Rome Greece and Turkey. After we did that we drove in the bus for another 3 hours and they showed us the hotel we would be sleeping in. We had a ok dinner and tried to go to sleep.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Swimming in Cleopatra's Pool</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">A hot spring source that fills Cleopatra's Pool</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then on the morning after a unrestful night of sleep we had breakfast and went to the bus to go to a cool place called Cleopatra's pool which actually has a naturally set temp of 35degrees celcious. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Top of mountain at Pamukkale</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Which after swimming in the pool we left and went to a place that is a mountain that is white which I thought was interesting. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Turks call this the Cotton Castle. There is a lot of mineral deposit from the flowing waters. I think it is called calcium carbonate. It is white and looks like snow but it is hard. There are shallow pools formed from this calcium carbonate that terrace down the mountain.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">The fill trench with constantly flowing water to the pools</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">On top of Pamukkale</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then I went climbing down the mountain barefoot because they made you take your shoes off and went into the warm pools in the mountain. The guide said the waters will be all gone in 150 years and Pamukkale will no longer exist.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Descending the pools at Pamukkale</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After that we went back to the bus and went to a onyx making place and looked at how they made the onyx. After that we started the long ride back to Marmaris.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Lots of calcium carbonate deposits over a very long time</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">What a shame this will all be gone in 150 years</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></div>zachary.rouse@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00132828034009646575noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7043581414839786737.post-17030702997965439272012-07-01T12:10:00.000-05:002012-07-04T04:43:41.532-05:00Arrived in Turkey for the summer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: arial;">Well this will be my first blog post for this summer and it will give detailed summery on what has happened to me so far. So when we first arrived in Fethiye we had to wait for our cab to show up then when we got home we fell asleep because it was really late. Turkey is 8 time zones ahead of my hometown in Texas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">Then the next day we went to a ice cream guy (Turkish ice cream) and he did a show and got ice cream on my face ):. WASTER!!!!!! <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7R0rY_XAxE">Turkish ice cream man (we didn't have a camera with us so this is someone else)</a></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lounging in hammock on foredeck</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The bays are very deep right up to the shore. So we must tie<br />
a stern line to shore to hold the boat with the anchor all night.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Had fun snorkeling behind our boat</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">Then we went to the store. When we got back we got some fresh cherries that were </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">Delicious</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">. Then the next day we went to a new place with nothing really all of that special about it. We anchored there 2 nights. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Rock tombs I wanted to climb up to</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">More rock tombs up there</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;">Then when we went to the next place there were some Lycian rock tombs there and I would have loved to go climb up to them, but Tutu and Papa were really lazy and never went up there with me (wouldn't let me got on my own because I recently broke my arm and was still wearing a brace). They said it was too hot to climb up there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">Then after that we went to a really quiet place and I went kayaking for so long and so far away that I sunburned my right arm where my cast was. That spot was whiter than the rest of my arms and legs. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Kayaked for a long time and a long way from the boat. I had fun exploring by myself<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">Then later early in the morning we left to go 45 miles across a small gulf. But that plan was a plan gone wrong. The wind was too strong and the waves were against us and were very close together. It was rough and slowing us down too much. So we went off course and went somewhere else. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Love these big red Turkish peppers. Tutu grills them.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;">Then the next day that we were there we went swimming and I saw the impossible.... a giant tuna that was the same size as me 5 FEET LONG!!!!!!! I just thought that was inconceivable. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">The next day we took a tour to see some rock tombs (ancient Caunos) which is what we thought. Turns out that they just drop you off and let you do the exploring with no guide. And the rock tombs were much farther up the river than where they dropped us off. So we never got to actually see the rock tombs. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">Then after we got back from the tour we tried to leave where we were, but then again the wind and the waves were wrong. Dinner later that day was a disaster because it turns out that if you have meat and you're eating outside a swarm of bees comes and tries to eat the meat. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Helping Papa polish the stainless steel -- almost every day!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: arial;">Then the next day we left and got to the marina we wanted to go to, right in the town of Marmaris. We stayed there for 2 days and really enjoyed it. On the 3rd day we left and went to a neighboring marina. When we got to the spot they assigned us it really sucked because we were on the other side -- the farthest spot from the marina office and grocery store and restaurant and swimming pool and anything else. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Anchorage at Dhia island near Crete</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We sailed from Santorini to a tiny island called Dhia about 6 miles north of Crete. This was the longest sail we did in Greece; about 60 or 65 miles. It also was the best sailing of the whole summer. Dhia island is nothing but rocks. Not even any goats.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The next day we sailed to Ayios Nikolaos on the north side of Crete. The wind got really strong once and the boat went way over. I don't like going over that far. The marina said we could not come there until the next day. We looked at several places to anchor but it was too rough. Finally we anchored about a mile from the marina. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Our fine catch!</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While we were anchoring I found a tiny flying fish on the deck. We have been fishing all the time we have been sailing all summer but never caught anything except 2 plastic trash bags. Finally! We caught a fish!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was less than 2 inches long, but it was the only fish we caught this summer. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Papa and I are flying from Crete to Athens today. In Athens I will get on a plane going to Houston. Papa will fly back to Crete. So I am signing off for this summer.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Signing off for the summer<br />
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</tbody></table>zachary.rouse@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00132828034009646575noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7043581414839786737.post-17770583730577176492011-08-18T21:24:00.002-05:002011-08-18T23:34:54.679-05:00Santorini (a/k/a Thera or Thira)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzczbAPdIY_bhewme2mw3pwgPO2C1q7LQesDEcXpIK6k26FEHNcClbUkAEvK1dY-E4EhSEvk5fdg1DU_vWg_Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Uncle Aaron and Aunt Lynn went to Santorini for their wedding anniversary. BeBe and Damien stayed with us on the boat in Ios for those days. When Papa, Tutu and I sailed to Santorini we did not go ashore. We just anchored inside the caldera next to the little island in the center where the new volcanic dome is formed.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Road -walkway from Oia town down to small dock</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The new volcano dome on Kammeni in the caldera</td></tr>
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Papa gave me and BeBe the test for midshipman while we were at Ios. Elisabeth barely passed. She is a good sailor but is too girlie for some of the stuff we did. I passed and am now rated Midshipman 1st Class aboard S/V BeBe. Papa gave me a certificate saying this.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had to tie bowline knots. I can do it with my eyes closed, but BeBe needs to watch what she is doing. We had to tie deck cleats (of course). We had to know how to throw the heavy dock lines and how to secure the lines to docks on bollards and cleats. We had to know how to tie a midshipman's knot. Tutu said this knot is also called a double clove hitch. We had to know how to steer the boat manually and also how to use the auto-pilot. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">At the first spreaders</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Of course we had to know the difference between port and starboard and which color goes to which side. And we had to know which boat is the give-way boat and which one is the stand-on vessel when 2 boats are approaching. Papa didn't ask us about every possible encounter position of boats moving, but I knew the ones he asked about. I also know to tell Papa or Tutu anytime I see another boat approaching when we are sailing.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was not on the test, but I also know how to follow a course on the electronic charts. And how to identify AIS targets and find out if we are on a collision course or not. </span><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tutu said part of passing any midshipman test should be going up the mast at least to the first spreaders. So I did that too. It is really high up there! I got a little scared after awhile up there, but now I want to go all the way up to the top next time. Or maybe at least to the second spreaders. I took a photo looking down at the deck.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">BeBe was scared of going up the mast. Tutu said she had to get in the bosun seat and go at least 3 feet up. She barely made that. She did not get rated 1st Class, but she did get a basic Midshipman certificate. I don't know why she was so scared sitting in the bosun seat. Her feet were barely off the deck. </span><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That night Papa and Tutu and I went out to eat dinner for our last night in Ios. Tutu let me pick the place to eat. I found a restaurant built next to a tiny church that was half underground. The dinner was pretty good, but what was best was the desert! I had Oreo crepes and they were delicious! Papa said the crepes were big enough to feed 4 people. He ate 4 bites and I ate all the rest. Tutu doesn't eat Oreos so she didn't want any. Good. More for me!</span><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Saturday July 30 we sailed to Naxos. Yippee!!! Mexican food! Tutu and Papa said their friends from Texas had eaten Mexican food at a restaurant in Naxos and said it was good. We all wanted some Mexican food.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After many days of sitting around. Bebe and Bebe's parents went with me to the beach. Also while we were at the beach I found a starfish , some small crabs that hid in the sand. Finally we also went to the Temple of Apollo. </span><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Several days later we took a decent sail to Vathi Bay. While at Vathi Bebe and I went to the beach a lot and we also went to the main town once and bought Tutu 1 vase. </span><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also, while we were at Vathi Bay we built some sailboats out of styrofoam and other junk. Then we went to the beach and raced them. Mine won one of the races.</span><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When we left Vathi there were mammoth sized waves so I chose to go to sleep. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While at Ios we had some of the best gryos since we got to Greece, and while we were here Bebe and Bebe's parents left to go back home. Ever since they left things have been a lot more calm. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have a very bad Internet connection. I will upload photos and more stuff later.</span></div>zachary.rouse@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00132828034009646575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7043581414839786737.post-14836012689537351492011-07-28T03:20:00.010-05:002011-08-06T09:09:27.444-05:0019 - 27 Hello Bebe's Parents<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheIPgv4jwX4SvPr_MIkEAjJUd72xVpa4COmVAp78xTTgyGof1NTo_GKucVmWqjADt5YKVo9hFj4a0WStKUiqFqVBsX-M5vYzMJKKqXsl_3MdfML2pjYqfV9cKSjXBx9nwGVOlbOItJVXfk/s1600/2011-07-18+Kythnos+02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheIPgv4jwX4SvPr_MIkEAjJUd72xVpa4COmVAp78xTTgyGof1NTo_GKucVmWqjADt5YKVo9hFj4a0WStKUiqFqVBsX-M5vYzMJKKqXsl_3MdfML2pjYqfV9cKSjXBx9nwGVOlbOItJVXfk/s320/2011-07-18+Kythnos+02.jpg" width="320" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Then we had a late dinner watched Horatio Hornblower and went to bed. Every night I read a lot before going to sleep.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">On the 20th of July we headed to Syros for the 2nd time. While at Syros we took a walk. Then after a short walk we went back to the boat then had dinner and watch M.A.S.H. and went to bed.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">On the 21st of July we sat around most of the day. Although we did take a walk around. Then after the walk we headed back to the boat had a good dinner then watched M.A.S.H. and went to bed.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">On the 26th of July we took a ferry to a sacred island called Delos. When we arrived I thought about going to the ancient amphitheater, and on the way up there we saw the home of the God of the Vine and we saw the home of the God of the Trident. The mosaic tiles were still on the floors after 2500 years. </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxSkyr74XoXgkKAagQnVoyPys19RA1W1TcA931aHKSKppM7ffHrDS_lJ2wSuFuHA7znvlVqJJ1QwsrS7t1LN0lS96TRtaD27Dnb19nPkoKSHuWCA_kKidEKuePrw9HAFUFnXSb0hMGuAHa/s1600/2011-07-26+Delos+041.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After that Bebe's dad and I went cross - country and then came back down to go to the museum. We went around the museum, then Bebe's dad and I went up the steepest mountain I had ever climbed, and the mountain old stone stairs made it even harder for me to do it. In the end I made it to the top and I made it to the bottom. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Then we went back to a ferry and went back to the boat and ate dinner then went to bed. I liked being back at this dock because we had electricity and could have air-conditioning and watch as much TV and play on the computers as much as we liked.</span><br />
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After that Bebe got on Rider and Papa started towing her around slowly on Rider. Then I got on and I zoomed around extremely quickly, and made a giant wake.<br />
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After all of that fun we went in and ate dinner, watched movies and M.A.S.H. then went to bed.<br />
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On the 17th of July we went to the beach and only tried to kill fish. Then we went back had lunch and talked to each other. Then we went and had a really fun time on Rider. BeBe went a little faster this time and did not cry when Papa went too fast. Tutu finally found her swimsuit and she went swimming with us off the boat. She cleaned the water line on the boat while Papa pulled us on Rider. We then had dinner, watched Horatio Hornblower, read our books and went to bed.<br />
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On the 18th of July we went to the beach and did the same thing as yesterday. Then went back to the boat. While I was on the boat I zoned out for 45 min then shortly after went had a really fun time on Rider again. Tutu went swimming with us again off the boat. Then we had dinner, watched the final episode of Horatio Hornblower and went to bed. I slept in the cockpit again. BeBe and I took turns sleeping in the cockpit while we were anchored at Kythnos. Tutu would not let us both sleep in the cockpit at the same time. There were even more stars this night. Tutu fell asleep in the cockpit with me, but she later went to her own bed. I like sleeping in the cockpit.<br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the 7th, We took a long bus ride to town, and on the way there we meet some singers from Oklahoma on tour. When we got there in a town called Hermoupoulis we walked around and found a place on the waterfront that sold pizza. Tutu said," We could eat pizza here after we buy Bebe some earrings and a couple charms." </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After we bought Bebe some charms and earrings, we walked back to the waterfront and ate pizza and some spaghetti. Then we walked and ate some ice cream. Then we went home, ate dinner and went to bed.</span><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the 8th, 9th, and 10th we took walks. We saw Marvin and Bob (who were the biggest fish in the Marina waters). I quacked "Aflac" to the ducks at the Marina. On the 10th I quacked "Aflac" to a duck and the duck started quacking back at me and we all laughed.</span><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the big town of Hermoupoulis I noticed that there were a lot of motorcycles. I think this is because gasoline is so expensive here in Greece. It costs about 4 times as much as it does back home in Texas. So lots of people ride motorcycles instead of driving cars that use more gasoline.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the 11th we rented a car for a day and went to the town to find two churches named ST. Michel's and ST. George's. ST. George's was in a mountain village named Ano Syros. It was a long way up on the mountain. This village was settled by people who fled the big town by the sea when Arab pirates attacked them hundreds of years ago. They could not defend themselves against so many well-armed pirates, so they moved way up in the mountains and built a village with a very thick wall all around it. </span><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There were 7 huge arched doorways in the wall around the village. There were heavy doors in these doorways. They locked the doors at night for security. Today there are 2 of those doorways left. We couldn't find either one. Later, Tutu found one when we stopped to buy some water to drink. One of those doorways was right next to the store where we stopped. We saved ourselves a lot of step-climbing because we didn't see this doorway at first. And we took the car farther up the mountain and entered the village higher up. </span><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The village does not have regular streets. There are no cars or motorcycles here. There are very narrow alleys all through the village. And thousands of stone steps to climb up and down. The church was located on the very top of the mountain. It is the only Roman Catholic church here. All the other churches are Greek Orthodox. I don't really know the difference and don't really care.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the way back Tutu and Elisabeth went a different way. Eventually we all met up again at the entrance near where our car was parked. </span><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While at ST. Michel's settlement we visited the little church and then we went a restaurant. We waited in a grape arbor while we waiting for the restaurant to open. There were lots of loud crickets all around us. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tutu and Papa had traditional Greek pork dishes and those tasted really good. My pork chops were all bones and overcooked and dry. But we all had enough to eat.</span><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the 12th Papa and I went to the top of a tall mountain, and saw a huge building being built. On the way down I picked up what looked like a good rock that could skip on the water. When I saw a good place, I threw the rock. When I threw the rock it hit a metal part of a dingy and brook to pieces.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the 13th we took a walk and saw Marvin and Bob and the Aflac ducks. We had a good lunch, ate a dinner; and then went to go get ice cream. After that we read and went to bed.</span><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">About a week after I arrived I started doing a pull-up (or trying to do a pull-up) every time I went up or down the companionway. At first I could not do one full pull-up correctly. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My dad tried to do a pull-up and the whole boat creaked. My cousin tried to do a pull-up and she can't budge herself upward. But then she is just a girl and not strong like me. She does a "hang-up" rather than a pull-up. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Papa said that if I tried to do one pull-up every time I went down the companionway then I should be able to do 5 pull-up by the time I go home. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Already I can do 2 pull-ups correctly.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Making progress! </span>zachary.rouse@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00132828034009646575noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7043581414839786737.post-42448398588651550522011-07-07T05:01:00.003-05:002011-07-07T06:25:07.539-05:00Xerxes the untrustful.<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>On July 1 while we were at Aigina Tutu told Bebe and me about this island. She told us abut how Xerxes betrayed the mainland twice, and that after he surrendered to the mainland for the first time he was given a reward for having the quickest navy on the seas. Xerxes army attacked Athens in 491BC which started the Persian Wars. Xerxes second attack on Athens was with Sparta (which is now a Turkish city called Izmir); this was in 459BC.<br />
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Tutu also told us about how women rarely get credit from the Greeks, and how there was a Greek women that took a Turkish city by tricking the Turks into giving her 20 massive ships. This was in the early 1800s. The Greeks never honored her, but the Russians were so impressed that the Russian government gave her title of The Lady Admiral. This lady came from an island called Spetses or Spetsopoula which is not too far from Aigina. She was the first person to raise a Greek flag on Spetses in 1821. Her name was Laskarina Bouboulina. Then after telling us about Aigina`s history Tutu told us about Hydra`s history. We want to go to Hydra. They have only 3 vehicles on that island. Then Tutu told us that we would have to explain to Papa what she just told us because he doesn't know this either. Papa said he loves the lady's name -- Bouboulina. <br />
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</tbody></table>Then later that day we went paddling in the dingy. It was easy except that Bebe wouldn`t paddle. She would just splash the water. When Papa took Bebe`s spot we actually got somewhere. <br />
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</tbody></table>That night Bebe made her first meal with us. The meal was pasta with a meat sauce. It was good.<br />
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</tbody></table>On July 2 we took a 30min trip to town for food. When we got to town we saw a lady on the sidewalk selling fruits and veggies she gave us 4 cherries for free. We tried them and they were delicious. So we went to the market and got what we needed and went back to the same lady and and bought some nectarines,apricots and lots of cherries. Then we went to the boat and sailed back to the same anchorage. Tutu cooked hot dogs and we ate hot dogs and cherries while sailing back to the anchorage.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Buying cherries</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Then later some of Tutu and Papa`s friends came. They came over and brought snacks and talked to us. Then after they left Tutu made a small dinner for her and Papa. BeBe and I had eaten too much popcorn and were not hungry for dinner. Then we watched M.A.S.H., read our books and went to bed.<br />
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On July 3 we sailed to Sounion. I slept in the cockpit most of the way. Then when we arrived I jumped off the back of the boat so I could go swimming. While I was swimming I noticed that the water is extremely cold. Bebe did`t go swimming because she can't swim very well. The reason we didn't go to the beach is because there were hundreds of people on the beach for a Sunday swim.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hot Milk Cake & fresh nectarines</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Then later Tutu and I cooked dinner. I made a hot milk cake and peeled and cut some eggplant and potatoes. I had cleaned green beans earlier. Papa grilled steak while I cooked the vegetables. When the meal was done and we ate our dinner and then we got out the hot milk cake. I peeled some nectarines and Tutu made Dream Whip, which is like Cool Whip. We put the Dream Whip on top of each slice of cake and then topped it with the nectarines. It was great! Bebe looked at it with disgust so Papa took it from her. Then Bebe started to cry and went to bed. Then we tried to cheer her up then she said, "Go away I hate you" Then out of all the sudden she came out and said, " Give me some cake". So then after her eating the cake we watched Titanic and went to bed. We didn't get to read this night because the movie was so long and it was too late.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Playing on beach</td></tr>
</tbody></table>On July 4 Bebe and I went to the beach while Tutu and Papa went up the hill to Poseidon Temple. When they came back we sailed 4 hours to Kythnos and went to the beach. Then we ate dinner watched Legend of the Falls, read our books and went to bed.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Building sandcastles at Sounion</td></tr>
</tbody></table>On July 5 Bebe and I went to the beach again but this time I got a small sunburn. Also we made sand castles and tried to catch some fish. Then we went back to the boat and tried to fish again. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At beach on Sounioin</td></tr>
</tbody> </table>Then after that Tutu and I looked at goats on the mountain and spoiled American teenagers riding a jet ski very fast. The American teenagers were with their family on a very large blue motor yacht. Then we ate dinner and watched How To Train A Dragon, read our books and went to bed.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baiting hook to fish</td></tr>
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</tbody></table>On July 6 we took a long sail to a new marina in a place called Finicke or Finikas on the island of Sythos. At the marina we went out to look for something to eat and we found a restaurant that sold the biggest hotdogs ever. They looked like they were longer than a 5 dollar foot long. Then after eating a huge amount of hotdog we went back to the boat and watched Leather Heads. It was a really funny movie. Then I read with Tutu and went to bed. <br />
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(You can click on any photo & make it bigger)zachary.rouse@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00132828034009646575noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7043581414839786737.post-18220759231887292552011-06-30T12:19:00.002-05:002011-06-30T12:33:00.935-05:0026 June - 30 June - Goodby Dad, hello cousin BeBeSunday, sadly my dad left. Then after Papa and I took an adventure to find a ATM to get some Euros ,and to explore some of the area. It took us only 5min to find a ATM, but we also spent 20min looking at KFC menus and looking at an Asian restaurant. We also took a menu to Tutu ( the Hawaiian name for Grandmother), but Tutu said," 45 dollars for some Asian food is too much".<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4IYsHp2U2Ih5kFDky6xKZnA9ZWannwdfQYI8EVAwrEi8JrxUF6UzcE0SJHoqjP64qW8iJXNsgvyL0yjGH6y1QeMS8k1lmHfbabFOjPSpvtPRArQf8-d4UumhgVNsecGDr3-EMaEjSvoPh/s1600/2011-06-28+Virkisa+008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4IYsHp2U2Ih5kFDky6xKZnA9ZWannwdfQYI8EVAwrEi8JrxUF6UzcE0SJHoqjP64qW8iJXNsgvyL0yjGH6y1QeMS8k1lmHfbabFOjPSpvtPRArQf8-d4UumhgVNsecGDr3-EMaEjSvoPh/s320/2011-06-28+Virkisa+008.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Today we got lunch at a restaurant went to a bakery then took a 25 mile sail to Aigina island. We played DS during most of the sailing. Then we cooked hamburgers and steamed cauliflower and watched M.A.S.H. and went to bed. I have almost finished the book I read each night. I have read more than 400 pages this week.zachary.rouse@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00132828034009646575noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7043581414839786737.post-16009506875257814792011-06-26T10:50:00.005-05:002011-06-26T11:19:28.803-05:0023 & 24 June - They got some humongous gyros over here<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">On the 23 we sailed from Sounion to Varkiza. While at Varkiza we did not do much. On that day we just went swimming. Although while swimming it was extremely hard to keep up with the boat because the current was so strong.<br />
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Then after a short time of swimming we had a Chinese dinner and watched M.A.S.H. and went to bed.<br />
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The next morning Dad and I prepared for a adventure for lunch. On our way to the adventure Papa drove us there in the dingy. When he dropped us off I saw a large amount of minnows. Then we went off. We saw lots of bakeries that smelled so good and even saw Ben & Jerry's. But then all the sudden we saw the most wonderful restaurant in this part of town. At the restaurant I had a humongous gyros EVER it could feed like 5 people. Dad had a Greek Quesadilla that had cheese, tomato, pork, onions. After we had our delicious meal we went back to the bakery and bought 2 different types of cookies and a loaf of bread. Then we radioed Papa to take us back to the boat. On the way back we saw a woman trying to catch a fish. Then when we went back to the boat we had dinner and watched M.A.S.H. and went to bed.<br />
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We didn't take any photos in Varkiza. But we will go back there. It was nice. </div>zachary.rouse@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00132828034009646575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7043581414839786737.post-49855867734209075682011-06-26T10:31:00.002-05:002011-06-26T11:34:39.780-05:0025 June - A trip to Zea Sinking Marina<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Today we left Varkiza so we could go to Zea Marina. While we were nearing Zea Marina we saw a US Warship. It was Warship 61. We had heard Warship 61 on the VHF radio a lot. <br />
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Then while we were going in I saw a boat that sank in the marina. Shortly after, some of the people who worked there showed us to a spot where we could dock our boat. We had to back the boat up against a wall and throw some ropes to the man on the dock. He ran the ropes through big metal rings and gave the ends of the ropes back to us. Then we tightened the rope ends on our boat and tied them to a deck cleat. Papa tied the ropes beneath the water to the front of our boat. This made our boat be tied in tight near the dock and not move around and hit the boats next to us. Papa is very good at backing up the boat.<br />
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Then Dad and I went to go get some gyros while Papa took papers to the marina office and checked us in with the Port Police. (I call them the Po-Po.) When we came back we ate the gyros AND THEY WERE SO GOOOOOOOOOOD!!! They were better than any gyros back home. And they put a few french fries right inside the gyros. After that Papa came back with the right kind of plug that would give us electricity. Later, all 4 of us went back to the same place for dinner. We stopped at the big supermarket on the way back and bought lots of Coca-Cola Light. They don't have Diet Coke here in Greece. They call it Coca-Cola Light.<br />
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Then we came back to the boat and I had some ice cream. Then I went outside and helped Papa clean the boat. We scrubbed off all the salt from the waves splashed on the boat during the high winds. When we finished Dad had gone to sleep because he had to wake up in the middle of the night to get a taxi to the airport. Then I read my book until Tutu said it was time for me to go to sleep.</div>zachary.rouse@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00132828034009646575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7043581414839786737.post-88082700675895697522011-06-26T09:48:00.004-05:002011-06-26T11:15:37.251-05:0022 June - A long way from Home<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>Today I woke up and had a bacon sandwich. The winds were blowing really, really hard. <br />
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Then Papa and I went ashore in the dingy.<br />
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After that we went to a resort to get directions to a bus station. The way to the bus station was cross country. Then while we were at the bus station we thought "oh, what the heck" and took a quick trip to the Poseidon Temple.<br />
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While we were there we took a couple of pictures then hauled butt to the bus stop. We didn't have the camera so we used Papa's phone to take the pictures, so they aren't very clear.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nasty cigarettes at bus stop</td></tr>
</tbody></table>While in the bus Papa turned on his mobile G.P.S.. While the G.P.S. was on Papa programed a destination on his G.P.S.. Then after we got off the bus we took a taxi to our destination. After getting the part that we needed we walked to the nearest bus stop. When we saw the bus it passed us right up. So since it was about 2:30, we went to find us a quick lunch.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Papa at Temple of Poseidon</td></tr>
</tbody></table>THERE WASN'T ONE PLACE IN ATHENS THAT WE COULD EAT AT!! There was nowhere to eat near the bus stop. So we just sat in the bus stop looking at the mounds of cigarettes near the side walk. Papa gave me some M.R.E. -- Meals Ready to Eat -- which was a package of chocolate cookies. That was all he could find for us to eat. Then finally after 2 hours of waiting we got on the bus.<br />
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On the bus I took a nap; then woke up as soon as we arrived at our stop at the Poseidon Temple. At the stop we decided to walk back up to the Poseidon Temple. The Temple of Poseidon was built in 444 B.C. Wow! It is really old! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On top at Temple of Poseidon<br />
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</tbody></table>On one side we could see nothing by the sea. On the other side we could see where Papa's boat was anchored. <br />
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Then finally we went back to the dingy and to the boat.<br />
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At the boat we finally got to eat something. Then we watched some M.A.S.H then went straight to bed.</div>zachary.rouse@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00132828034009646575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7043581414839786737.post-3643466357009866732011-06-21T11:11:00.001-05:002011-06-26T11:54:29.712-05:00SLAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdoPkzL3PgcieRUwc_jaF1hnYOf83kxqn7NcmKJ1p9y9siEKwElIDa-FMpNWMpcZzitvpDT9UjCj2nrO28QkjorQ8aoYq3wV27O9TkkCeNaLrKRQMKf9N0-qFaEKcW4pcx8Xmape61UxgP/s1600/2011-06-22+Poseidon+003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdoPkzL3PgcieRUwc_jaF1hnYOf83kxqn7NcmKJ1p9y9siEKwElIDa-FMpNWMpcZzitvpDT9UjCj2nrO28QkjorQ8aoYq3wV27O9TkkCeNaLrKRQMKf9N0-qFaEKcW4pcx8Xmape61UxgP/s320/2011-06-22+Poseidon+003.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Slam!! Is what I woke up to. I checked to see the waves that woke me up. It was very windy.<br />
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Then about 1hour later I started feeling queasy, so papa gave me half a seasick pill. About 20min later I knocked out. Then 2 hours later we were in Sounion.<br />
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Then dad gave me a hamburger. Then for the rest of the day I played the DS and watched the Fighter movie.</div>zachary.rouse@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00132828034009646575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7043581414839786737.post-69166391970748782952011-06-21T10:56:00.000-05:002011-06-21T10:56:17.523-05:00There ain`t no fish in the MediterraneanOn June eighteenth we sailed from Zea Marina to Sounion, on the way to Sounion I caught my first fish in the Mediterranean....... it was a plastic bag!!!! At Sounion we saw the Poseidon`s temple.<br />
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Later Papa and I went to the Market, which of course I had to drive the dingy to. At the market Papa and I bought donuts and 2 loafs of bread.<br />
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Also on that day I tried fishing but still caught nothing. Then I tried catching minnows but that was also a fail.<br />
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Then after dinner dad and I knocked out.zachary.rouse@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00132828034009646575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7043581414839786737.post-2132678708060054692011-06-21T10:32:00.004-05:002011-06-26T12:25:44.201-05:00A trip to the Parthenon<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me and Dad at Parthenon</td></tr>
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</tbody></table>On Thursday, June sixteenth I went to the Parthenon. On the way to the Parthenon I threw rocks at pigeons, and ran ahead of everyone else. When I made it to the top Papa and I saw what looked like an outpost. I came up with the idea to go to the outpost and see Athens from one of the highest peaks there.<br />
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After a long time of me and Papa sitting around at the Parthenon my dad and my grandmother decided to come up.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Exercise!! Run up to the Parthenon!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>While we were all on top we found some reading glasses. Soon after we went down and gave them to the man who gave us the tickets to go to the top of the Parthenon.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Archaeological Dig beneath museum</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Before we walked up to the Parthenon we went to the Acropolis Museum. In the museum we saw archaeologists doing an excavation of an ancient neighborhood of the city. The museum also had glass floors that let you see the ruins of the neighborhood that you were walking above. Also as the museum we saw a video of how the Parthenon was constructed and also how it was destroyed. The video said that when the Parthenon was new that all the carvings near the top were all painted very bright colors. That was probably very beautiful to see.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oldest amphitheater</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Concert Amphitheater</td></tr>
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</a></div>While running and walking up to the top to the Parthenon we passed 2 old amphitheaters. One was really old and not much was there except all the steps curving up the hillside. The other amphitheater was built for a Roman general named Agrippa. Today they play music there sometimes. There is a new stage and big speakers. You can buy a ticket and listen to a concert. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lunch near the museum</td></tr>
</tbody></table>On the way back to the boat we all got famished and decided to eat at a restaurant. At the restaurant I had fried calamari, Tutu and Dad had gyros, and papa had some of everything we had. Then we went back to the train station to go back to the part of Athens we where in. When we got out of the train station it was raining extremely hard, so we decided to take the bus back to the harbor. When we saw the bus we asked if we could buy some tickets, but you had to buy the tickets at a nearby tiny store. We checked 3 tiny stores then tried one more and we got one of the last tickets there.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Papa, me and Dad at the Parthenon</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm the yellow dot near the top left.</td></tr>
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Today we left an island named Kythnos and motor sailed to another island named Kea. Although before we left Kythnos I got Papa to take me to a beach so I could climb up a mountain. About half way through the trail i was at a patch of dirt, and couldn`t decide where to go. But eventually I found the other part of the path. While I was walking up the path I saw a flat area that I could walk on. I went though the area and found a place that looked like it was a church. But I got a little closer and saw a goat with huge horns that really scared me on the inside. Then shortly after I made it to the top of the mountain, but I didn`t go further because I then saw a herd a goats and immediately went down. On the way down I decided I would try to throw a rock at the sea but there were rocks that were sorta blocking <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A picture of the mountain</td></tr>
</tbody></table>my shot so I never hit the sea. Also on the way down the mountain I thought I would take a souvenir, so I got a piece of polished and shaved marble. At the bottom of the mountain I went back to the spot where I had arrived and took a shell. Then almost immediately Papa took me back to the boat. <br />
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On the trip to Kea while we were sailing in the calmest waters we set our fishing line out. About 2hours and 30min later we saw what we thought was a dead body but was actually a big dead goat floating in the water. How did a bid dead goat come to be floating in the sea?<br />
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When we put our anchor down then we got the dingy in the water and went to town. While we were in town we went to the the Port Police and to the Super Market. While we were at the Port Police we saw a huge bee fly around us.. Then after that we went to the Super Market.<br />
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At the Super Market I saw one of the biggest coke bottles I had ever seen , and in total it was a liter of coke. Then on the trip back the winds had picked to 18 knots and the waves got even bigger. On the way back to the boat we were all soaking wet. </div>zachary.rouse@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00132828034009646575noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7043581414839786737.post-20258695492781250232011-06-19T11:11:00.102-05:002011-06-20T12:53:13.934-05:00IMAGINE Brownies!!!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marc & Jane on S/V IMAGINE<br />
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</tbody></table>Today we left Kea and motored to Kythnos. On the way there I was nervous and excited about meeting 3 new kids on a boat called IMAGINE. The kids names are Caroline, Noah, and Grant. When we arrived at Kythnos we talked to IMAGINE on the sail boat radio. On the radio they said they would be at the island in the hour. The anchorage was filling up with lots of arriving boats and we began to worry if there would be room enough for IMAGINE to find a place to anchor. Then finally we saw IMAGINE.<br />
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Papa took me to the boat as soon as they were anchored. I met them and played Lego and then played Mario Cart for the Wii. After Mario Cart we played a card game called Bandits and I won that by a lot. Then after that we played Poker for a little while. After we played Poker we got our bathing suits and played water football.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anchorage at Kythnos (another anchorage behind beach)<br />
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</tbody></table> Water football is when you jump from the boat into the water but someone else at the same time throws a football at you and you try to catch the football in mid-air.<br />
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We played water football for a really long time I also did cannon balls into the water and I would fall 3 meters in the water so I went about 5 feet underwater in my cannon balls and my friends would say that there were giant waves when I cannon balled. After a long time of cannon balling and throwing footballs Papa went to IMAGINE and picked me up.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Playing Water Football (I am in water)<br />
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</tbody></table>About 1hour later we went to IMAGINE for some brownies. Caroline had baked brownies for her dad for Father's Day. When we arrived I had 1 brownie. Then 20min later I helped Grant in his Pokemon game. 5min after that I had a second brownie. Then 30min later I got my third brownie. Then after 40 min of Poker and Caroline and Noah fighting each other we came up with the idea of getting a movie called Despicable Me from our boat. We watched 30 min of it; then we had to go and we let them watch the rest of Despicable Me. We left it there because they said they would give it back the next day.<br />
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When we got back on the boat everyone asked me how many brownies I had, so I told them 3. That was a bad idea because everyone started griping at me saying "Why did you have so many brownies" or "No more Hershey`s kisses for three nights"<br />
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After 5 more min I could not keep my eyelids up so then I knocked out.zachary.rouse@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00132828034009646575noreply@blogger.com0