tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post2166954246044962586..comments2024-02-11T19:28:27.997+11:00Comments on Personal Reflections: Santorini afternoon, eveningJim Belshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-33714614109939064672010-11-25T19:56:11.858+11:002010-11-25T19:56:11.858+11:00We all carry our baggage with us, KVD. I enjoyed C...We all carry our baggage with us, KVD. I enjoyed China because it was different. I enjoyed Greece in part because I knew so much about it.<br /><br />Well, tomorrow you will see the remains of the small city that Herodotus spoke about. I had already mentioned water, but will come back to that.Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-43495312772687954372010-11-25T19:16:07.495+11:002010-11-25T19:16:07.495+11:00Jim
I should have added for comparison that while...Jim<br /><br />I should have added for comparison that while I enjoyed your China impressions, I struggled to identify with the people and the places. Just my personal baggage I suppose.<br /><br />kvdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-89266254129642543162010-11-25T18:58:25.899+11:002010-11-25T18:58:25.899+11:00Jim, being boring again I guess, but this is reall...Jim, being boring again I guess, but this is really very interesting. Can I quote something please:<br /><br />According to Herodotus, following a drought of seven years, Thera sent out colonists who founded a number of cities in northern Africa, including Cyrene.<br /><br />In the 5th century BC, Dorian Thera did not join the Delian League with Athens; and during the Peloponnesian War, Thera sided with Dorian Sparta, against Athens.<br /><br />Probably it is just my junior school history of Egypt, Greece, Rome, England (never mind the rest, and forget the gaps!) poking its head out - but I am enjoying your "walk with the ancients".<br /><br />kvdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com