by eliasc64 | Aug 20, 2011 | Destinations, Europe, Greece, Trips, Turkey
Chios is a big – for Greek standards – island in the north east Aegean Sea, close to the Turkish coast of Izmir. We ended up a big party of five adults and five kids planned to spend our August vacation in the Chios and Ionia. Ionia, is a region with...
by eliasc64 | Aug 17, 2011 | Chios Ionia 2011, Destinations, Europe, Turkey
Izmir, with all its antithesis, was the perfect hub for our mini tour in Ionia. The region holds a special significance to Greece, mainly due to the fact of what is called “the Minor Asia Disaster”, the persecution of the Greek population in 1922. Although...
by eliasc64 | Aug 16, 2011 | Chios Ionia 2011, Destinations, Europe, Turkey
We boarded the 9:30am ferry from Chios to Cesme with many tourists and some locals cross the narrow channel to shop for groceries or even fill their gas tanks. The prices on the Turkish coast are much lower than in Chios, which justifies for many a once a week round...
by eliasc64 | Aug 11, 2011 | Chios Ionia 2011, Destinations, Europe, Greece
Day 1: The ferry from Pireaus needs eight hours to Chios. Fortunately, it sails in the evening so we booked a couple of cabins and got some decent sleep. The port is in the city of Chios and form there a 40 minutes drive to Kardamyla, our base camp for the next week....
by eliasc64 | Aug 11, 2011 | Bulgaria, Destinations, Europe, Short Visits
Today the day was sunny and beautiful with some white scattered clouds that made it even more appealing. I decided to get out with my Canon and catch the golden hour light and shoot some of the most beautiful buildings in the city center. I felt like adding some HDR...
