Album: gallery:20061011-20061106 Honeymoon

Honeymoon in Europe - October 11 - November 6, 2006

After we were married in Greece, we spent a few weeks slowly traveling our way north through Europe.

From Greece, we travelled to Italy, then to Austria, Germany, France, and, finally England before we departed for home. It was an enjoyable trip, although we know now that in the future we will spend less time travelling from place to place and more time in one place.

Piraeus, Greece
Piraeus yacht harbor.

Piraeus, Greece
Jon in front of some ruins in Piraeus.

Piraeus, Greece
Robin looking at the map as we spend the day waiting for the ferry to Santorini.

Santorini, Greece
Jon's mom and Sam giving money to a boy.

Santorini, Greece
Jon's mom chatting a busker up.

Santorini, Greece
One of many churches.

Santorini, Greece
Robin's mom and a church wall.

Santorini, Greece
Looking north from the highpoint of Santorini. Imerovigli is the highest-looking town in this photo, with Fira just below. Off to the left of those is Skaros Rock, where we were married.

Santorini, Greece
Some more churches with terraced vineyards behind.

Santorini, Greece
A view from the tour boat of Skaros Rock and Imerovigli.

Santorini, Greece
Robin's parents on the tour boat as we go to Nea Kameni.

Santorini, Greece
Our tour boat moored at Nea Kameni, the still-active volcanic island in the middle of the caldera.

Santorini, Greece
It was sure windy out there!

Santorini, Greece
The crater of Nea Kameni.

Santorini, Greece
Still windy.

Santorini, Greece
The small harbor on Thirasia; we had lunch here on our tour.

Santorini, Greece
A view from Thirasia.

Santorini, Greece
After lunch - time for a siesta.

Santorini, Greece
After we docked in Oia, many people took donkey rides up to town, not that they're visible here, but that's what the people are doing.

Santorini, Greece
A coffee shop in Oia.

Santorini, Greece
The legendary sunset from Oia. Coming from the Eastern Sierra, Robin and I weren't as impressed as we might have otherwise been. It was quite nice, though.

Santorini, Greece
Fira from our honeymoon suite balcony.

Santorini, Greece
Walking along the narrow streets of Fira.

Santorini, Greece
Robin's bouquet.

Santorini, Greece
Our honeymoon suite the day of our wedding.

Santorini, Greece
At our wedding dinner.

Santorini, Greece
Packing up in our honeymoon suite.

Santorini, Greece
Jon at the Thira harbor as we wait for the ferry to the mainland.

Athens, Greece
Touring around Athens.

Athens, Greece
Robin admiring ancient ruins.

Athens, Greece
A turtle family that was wandering around the Acropolis the same time we were.

Athens, Greece
The Odeon of Herodes Atticus.

Athens, Greece
The Parthenon.

Athens, Greece
The two of us in front of the Parthenon.

Athens, Greece
The two of us at the Acropolis.

Athens, Greece
Looking out from the Acropolis across Athens.

Athens, Greece
At the Acropolis.

Patras, Greece
Upper and lower Patras are joined by these wonderful staircases.

Patras, Greece
A look over Patras across the Gulf of Corinth at Varassova in the center and Kaki Skala on the right.

Patras, Greece
The two of us at the top of the stairs.

Patras, Greece
The of us at the (closed) entrance to the Patras Castle.

Patras, Greece
Looking out across the Patras harbor while waiting to board the ferry to Italy.

Patras, Greece
Apparently, Patras was the European Union city of culture for 2006. This monument attests to that.

Lecce, Italy
The Roman colosseum in Lecce.

Lecce, Italy
Lecce architecture.

Lecce, Italy
Our room in a very nice bed and breakfast in the old city. It was really quite a nice place.

Lecce, Italy
A park in Lecce with a large number of sculptures.

Lecce, Italy
The old fortress walls.

Rome, Italy
The only place we saw in the Vatican that wasn't mobbed by tourists.

Rome, Italy
Statuary, looted by the Vatican at some point in history. Quite a nice collection.

Rome, Italy
A view from the Vatican across Rome.

Rome, Italy
One of the many gorgeous painted ceilings in the Vatican.

Rome, Italy
Jon with his Iron Maiden shirt at the Colosseum.

Rome, Italy
A passageway.

Rome, Italy
The Colosseum.

Rome, Italy
Us at the Colosseum. A very unfriendly German lady took our picture, but very reluctantly.

Rome, Italy
Some honeymooning lovebirds (just like us).

Rome, Italy
Outside of the Colosseum, this wedding photo session was going on.

Rome, Italy
Jon overlooking the Forum.

Rome, Italy
Caesar was killed right around here a very long time ago.

Rome, Italy
Robin strolling through the Forum.

Rome, Italy
On our way to Venice.

Venice, Italy
The hotel we stayed at had but one room left. It was this amazingly cute attic (with ample padding on the beams for tall people). Even though neither of us could stand up straight (except when we stuck our heads out of the skylight), we absolutely loved it here.

Venice, Italy
The view down the hall from our attic room. This place also served as a sort of hostel, and the top floor was mostly partitioned off by sheets into separate rooms.

Venice, Italy
The view from our wonderful hotel room

Venice, Italy
We took a gondola ride through Venice, enjoying the beautiful canals.

Venice, Italy
Riding the gondola - magic!

Venice, Italy
On the Grand Canal.

Venice, Italy
The Rialto Bridge.

Venice, Italy
Traffic jam in Venice.

Venice, Italy
A Venetian garbage truck.

Venice, Italy
Cruising through the canal.

Innsbruck, Austria
Speeding through northern Italy on our way to Innsbruck.

Innsbruck, Austria
In old town, Innsbruck. We're outside the Tiroler Hanfhaus (the Tyrolean Hemphouse - a headshop).

Innsbruck, Austria
The Golden Roof. Famous, but not terribly exciting.

Innsbruck, Austria
Tyrolean architecture.

Innsbruck, Austria
Old town, Innsbruck.

Innsbruck, Austria
Inside Saint Jacob's Cathedral.

Innsbruck, Austria
Our first glimpse of the mountains around Innsbruck. It pretty much rained the whole time we were there.

Innsbruck, Austria
There are supposed to be mountains here, too.

Innsbruck, Austria
Part of the mountains.

Innsbruck, Austria
A statue commemorating soldiers from Innsbruck.

Innsbruck, Austria
A fun looking peak from the train.

Black Forest, Germany
Looking up Seebuck, Feldberg's neighbor. During the winter this is a popular ski area.

Black Forest, Germany
Robin with the Alps lost in the clouds behind her.

Black Forest, Germany
Jon on Seebuck.

Black Forest, Germany
Robin in front of the Seebuck summit monument.

Black Forest, Germany
Looking down the mountain at the Black Forest.

Black Forest, Germany
On Feldberg, the tallest peak in the Black Forest.

Black Forest, Germany
The Feldberg summit monument.

Black Forest, Germany
One of many plaques on the summit.

Black Forest, Germany
A very small stream in the Black Forest.

Paris, France
On the train, heading to Paris.

Paris, France
Our room in Paris.

Paris, France
Cleopatra's Needle.

Paris, France
On Les Champs-Élysées.

Paris, France
The Arc de Triomphe.

Paris, France
The bridge leading to the Eiffel Tower.

Paris, France
The Eiffel Tower.

Paris, France
Looking up at the Eiffel Tower.

Paris, France
Robin and the Eiffel Tower.

Paris, France
Jon and the Eiffel Tower.

Paris, France
Looking down from the Eiffel Tower.

Paris, France
Looking across Paris from the Eiffel Tower.

Paris, France
The very top of the Eiffel Tower, where tourists aren't allowed.

Paris, France
Looking down at the base of the Eiffel Tower.

Paris, France
Robin walking down the many stairs. The lines to get in via the elevators were amazingly long, but the lines to get in via the stairs were quite short. We, of course, took the stairs.

Paris, France
Jon descending into the metro station.