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Map of Paros

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The island is served by several ferry companies

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The harbor of the main town Parika

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Traditional windmill at the harbor

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People at the harbour waiting for a ferry - the entertainment of the day

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The hills above Perika

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We ended på in Hotel Paros - where else?

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The hotel courtyard, with white and blue and blue sky

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Flowers at the doorway

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Back in town, re-use of old building materials

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Typical domed Greek church - normally the dome is blue

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Many building have arches

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A Hellas ferry approaching in blue water under a blue sky

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Shopping street in Parika

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A taverna and a shop up the stairs

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Taverna with a good shade against the sun, which may be very hot

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A sign for Melissa café

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A second-floor taverna

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A cow-bar?

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Stairway to a private home

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The largest church

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Old icons

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A gravestone in the floor, complete with scull and crossed bones

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Sail yachts an the harbor - a popular place for sailors

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Traditional fishing boats dont venture far offshore

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A girl and her younger brother in the late afternoon sun

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Watching the sunset

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Close to sundown

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A small, isolated beach on the North-Eastern side of Paros

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Eroded sandstone

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This beach was somewhat rocky, as opposed to most other places

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Another beach in the vicinity

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And yet another beach in the same general area

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Two men on the jetty of a small nearby town

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Small fishing boats

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Generally, nets are used for fishing

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Driving back to the South side of the island

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The town beach, here with seaweed drifted ashore

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Fishing boats at anchor

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The boats are decorated with strong colors

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An inter-island ferry designed for shallow beaches

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An old couple herding their sheep with a small tractor

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Dinner at the end of the day

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Night time

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On the road again

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The sign for the Marathi marble quarry

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Marble-covered access road

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Detail of the square-cut small pieces in the roadway

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View of a village on the South coast

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Flowers I

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Flowers II

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Flowers III

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Flowers IV

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Graceful straw

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An unusual Greek church

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The road is flanked by wild flowers

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Old terraces for agriculture.
Note small chapel at the bottom

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Typical terrain on Paros, here facing the coast to the South

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Entering the town of Lefkes, proclaimed to be the most beautiful on Paros

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Streets are only build for walking. The town was built to be easy to defend

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Greek: White and blue - plus flower pots

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Climbing flowers

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An flowers in a large pot

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A sign outside a taverna, offering home made food

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The town church

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The graveyard with eloborate gravestones

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A café on the porch

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Home made hamburgers and sesame cake

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An old lady painting white between the flagstones to prevent wandering ants

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The painter

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Repairing old chairs on a sidewalk workshop

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Typical Greek man: Cap, beard and a woolen sweater

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A decoration outside a home

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On the West coast - a ferry approaching Perika

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A church across the bay from Perika

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The altar

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Typical Greek-Orthodox painting

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A view towards to the East

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An abandoned building on the Western tip of the land - an observation post?

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View through a window opening towards the ocean

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A passing fishing boat

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Back in the town center

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Teacher with grammar school children

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Fruit sellers next to the harbor

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Waiting for the ferry to Anti-Paros