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| In the Airport waiting for our flight to leave for Istanbul. |
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| Luckily there was another family with kids, so the girls had friends to play with. And so did Ky. |
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| First leg of our trip. |
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| We drove from Thessaloniki to Athens with numerous stops in between, so we spent a lot of time on a bus. The kids played a lot of games and ate a lot of snacks. |
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| They also listened to a lot of books. |
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| And Mckayla told anyone who would listen about Greek Mythology. |
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| City wall and towers of ancient Thessaloniki. |
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| Thessaloniki is on the Aegean Sea. |
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| The view from the city wall of the Aegean Sea and Thessaloniki. |
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| Very large candles. |
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| Mosaic in the church. |
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| Chairs that someone sits in. Apparently we were not paying attention to our tour guide when she explained this part. But they are beautiful. |
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| A relic of some sort, again we did not pay much attention to this part of the tour. The girls had been traveling all day and were not about to sit and listen to some lady talk. |
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| The wood work in the church was amazing. |
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| Silver Icon. |
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| We had several stops along our tour that were only for five or ten minutes, but well worth the stop. This is the Lion of Amphipolis. It is made entirely of marble and the British tried to take it back to England by ship. |
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| Ruins of one of the churches in Phillipi. |
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| Ruins of the Acropolis and church in Phillipi |
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| Touring ruins in December was a bit cold, but we did not have to fight the crowds anywhere. |
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| 80% of Greece is mountains. Phillipi is surrounded by them. |
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| This is where the apostle Paul was supposed to have be imprisoned while in Phillipi. |
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| The girls were so good on this trip. Even though it was cold, the food wasn't very good and we saw a whole lot for ruins they were troopers. |
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| These are the ruins of the 42 seat public latrine. Apparently it was a social hot spot. |
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| This is the place where Lydia from the New Testament was supposed to have been baptized by the apostle Paul. |
