After my daughter Britt and I left Greece we went to Istanbul.  This was one of the greatest Cities I have ever been to. We had such a good time and made some new friends there.  We met a wonderful guy named Gabe that’s from there but lives in Dallas as he finishes up college.  Because he spoke english and his family was established with hotels and restaurants, he was able to show us a side of the city we wouldn’t have seen. So I want to thank him for being such a gracious host. Another great experience was when we went to the Greek Orthodox Fanari, the head of the the Greek Orthodox church.  While we were there we got to see Archbishop Demetrius and His All Holiness, BARTHOLOMEW.

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I’m so happy that I was able to share our greek heritage with my daughter Britt. We arrived and rented a car to drive to the village where my grandparents are from. It’s a small village named Alea outside of Tripoli.  We stayed with my 90 year old Aunt Maggie.  She didn’t speak english and we didn’t speak greek but you would know it by how we got along.  I had been there 30 years earlier and it all came back to me and the fun I had when I was 20 and my uncle was there taking care of his apple orchard.  The other photos are from Athens and our drive around the country.

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