Greece travelogue

In article ,
Alfred Molon wrote:

In article ,
lid says...

Before my first visit to Greece I bought amongst other guide books the Blue
Guide to Greece and read it. I also re-read Ulysses and The Iliad

Before and during my visit to Greece I intensively read about Greek
history from the Bronze age to the modern age. It was good having
Internet access in many hotels. But I found nothing about the temple of
Apollo Epicurius at Bassae (except in the UNESCO list). No idea why
UNESCO is listing it.

It is very well preserved, and was designed by the architect of the
Parthenon and Hephaiteion in Athens. Wikipedia notes:

"The temple is unusual in that it has examples of all three of the
classical orders used in ancient Greek architectu Doric, Ionic, and
Corinthian.[1] Doric columns form the peristyle while Ionic columns
support the porch and Corinthian columns feature in the interior. The
Corinthian capital is the earliest example of the order found to date.

It was relatively sparsely decorated on the exterior. Inside, however,
there was a continuous Ionic frieze showing Greeks in battle with
Amazons and the Lapiths engaged in battle with Centaurs."

Bits of it are in the British Museum in a small room near the Elgin
marbles...

In article .com,
says...

we rilly wanna c those fotos!

The ones of Greece? I shot 2000 images (lots of panoramics, where you
combine 2-20+ images into one) and now have a backlog of 6500 images.
Will take some time until I manage to reach the Greece ones.
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Alfred Molon
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In article ,
lid says...

"Apollo Epicurius at Bassae" produces more google hits than I know what to do
with.

Actually only 707. Do a Google search for my name and you'll get 28500
hits.

And do a Google search for "photo galleries" and see what site is Nr. 1.
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Alfred Molon
http://www.molon.de - Photos of Asia, Africa and Europe

In article ,
lid says...

That's about 706 more than you claimed to have found.

No Martin, you misundertood me. I never wrote that Google would produce
just one hit.
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Alfred Molon
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On 22 Jun, 22:38, Alfred Molon wrote:
In article .com,
says...

we rilly wanna c those fotos!

The ones of Greece? I shot 2000 images (lots of panoramics, where you
combine 2-20+ images into one) and now have a backlog of 6500 images.
Will take some time until I manage to reach the Greece ones.
--

Alfred Molonhttp://www.molon.de- Photos of Asia, Africa and Europe

well its weekend !!

In article ,
says...
T o be fair, he didn't say he didn't find anything on the internet, he
said he didn't find anything, period. Maybe he was looking in the frozen
foods section at Lidl, in which case his claim is quite plausible.

Take a poll and check how many people who haven't yet been to Greece
have ever heard of the temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae.
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Alfred Molon
http://www.molon.de - Photos of Asia, Africa and Europe

On 23 Jun, 10:13, Magda mags@de wrote:
On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 00:59:31 -0700, in rec.travel.europe, Mustafa Sandal
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

... On 22 Jun, 22:38, Alfred Molon wrote:
... In article .com,
... says...
...
... we rilly wanna c those fotos!
...
... The ones of Greece? I shot 2000 images (lots of panoramics, where you
... combine 2-20+ images into one) and now have a backlog of 6500 images.
... Will take some time until I manage to reach the Greece ones.
... --
...
... Alfred Molonhttp://www.molon.de-Photos of Asia, Africa and Europe
...
... well its weekend !!

He pushes prams on weekends.

perhaps his wife could them.....

"Martin" wrote in message
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On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 11:34:50 +0200, Magda mags@de wrote:

On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:50:12 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin

arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
... When we did a similar trip to yours we visited the major sites in
week one and
... then spent the next week in the Cyclades. The total absence of
Internet cafes in
... those days made more time available for tourism. You can overdose on
ruins,
... museums and Internet IMO.

Sacrilege, Martin!

You can NEVER overdose on ruins and museums!!

I can.

You can max out on almost anything. I did after a week in Rome with a
friend who turned out to be some sort of eglisophile. Now they're like
Reagan's redwoods: "Seen one transept, seen 'em all."

Cheers,
George W Russell
Bangalore

In article ,
says...

If you want to compare yourself to hoi polloi, then I'm sure you will
come out ahead. If that's what you want.

But the question was simply how much information there is available on
the temple, once you're aware that it exists; and the larger issue of
whether it is worth visiting.

As I've said before, I really find your website valuable, so I'm a bit
puzzled by your myopia on this issue.

I don't understand your post. Before my trip to Greece I had never heard
of the Apollo Epicurius temple in Bassae. Found out just because I
checked the UNESCO world heritage list. What are you trying to say?

And yes, once you know of the temple and you look for information on the
web, there is sufficient of it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bassae
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Alfred Molon
http://www.molon.de - Photos of Asia, Africa and Europe

On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 11:34:50 +0200, Magda mags@de wrote:

You can NEVER overdose on ruins and museums!!

My wife commented, when she saw the hill to climb to view
Karlstein, that she was "castled out". I understood - but I
still climbed the hill:-)

I must admit, I skipped past a lot of castles and museums in
later weeks that I would probably have stopped at in the
early stages. And I took photos of Neuschwanstein from the
distance as we drove past.

Cheers, Alan, Australia
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