Wunderschoen! Ausgesichnet! Tol! Aufwiedersehen Wien und Griechenland!

We're home after a memorable three week vacation to Vienna and Greece. It was Bernie's first time to Vienna, Austria and my first trip to Greece. We visited museums, palaces and gardens, downtown, churches, relatives, and many restaurants the first week in Vienna along with Tom, Peggy and Anthony, and of course, Mom.

The second week was quite an adventure visiting Greece. We flew in to the island of Korfu located on the northwestern coast of Greece bordering Albania. From there, we ferried on to the mainland landing in Ecumenista. The climate is quite warm and is sort of tropical with palm trees and loads of fruit trees. The palm trees sort of surprised me for some reason. We saw orange, lemon, pomagranite, fig, olive, and many other fruit bearing trees. The terrain was mountainous and we got into some very rocky areas. The food was exceptional...souvlaki and gyros, fresh baked goods every morning and delicious desserts. The water is absolutely sparkling turquoise and clean unlike some areas in Mexico and Hawaii. Mom had arranged travel through a travel agency called, Fly, Drive, and Sleep. It consisted of renting a car and travelling to our destination town or village through mountains and coasts, finding the location and spending either the night or two nights in a pre-arranged hotel.
Bernie was quite the driver leading the way in our small Kia and Peggy being the second driver following in her tiny Chevrolet. We saw castles, fortresses, Roman ruins i.e. the ancient Roman stadiums, Acropollis, churches and monastaries from the 14th century. The Romans worshipped many gods but the particular area we were in, they worshipped mother earth and the oak tree. Kind of like many people today.

All in all, I'm so gratefulto God for this opportunity to have visited and experienced this vacation with Mom and family. Without her, it would not have happened. More pictures and stories to follow.

"To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven..." Ecclesiastes 3:1