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Trip · 30–6 May 2025

Aegina, Athens and Sifnos

A week at the turn of May: two days on Aegina, an afternoon on the Acropolis, then Sifnos.

days
7
photographs
21
in black and white
5
Day 1

Aegina, and a sunset over the gulf

Wed 30 Apr · Aegina

A tall agave in the foreground on a sandy path above a turquoise bay, a person standing at the water's edge and mountains across the sea.Agave above the beachA twisted pine trunk framing a low wooded headland across clear blue-green water under broken cloud.Pine over the bayPine branches framing a green headland and a curving bay, with mountains on the far shore.The headland through the pinesSun breaking through heavy cloud above a calm sea, a sailboat and distant mountains, shrubs in silhouette in front.Late light over the gulfAn orange sunset glowing under dark clouds above a mountain ridge and a dark sea.Sunset across the gulf
Day 2

The harbor at evening

Thu 1 May · Aegina

Black and white: a covered quay in Aegina harbor looking out at a cruise boat signed Island, a man sitting by the gangway.The boat for MoniBlack and white: a cyclist riding along Aegina's harbor road past lampposts, moored sailboats and white houses behind.The harbor front
Day 3

Back through Piraeus

Fri 2 May · Piraeus

A narrow overgrown alley between weathered stone buildings, disused rail tracks running down its middle.A lane with old rails
Day 5

Monastiraki, then the Acropolis

Sun 4 May · Athens · The Acropolis

Black and white: crowds in Monastiraki Square in front of the domed Tzistarakis Mosque.Monastiraki SquareThree arched windows in the brick and stone wall of the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, the city spread out beyond them.Athens through the Odeon's archesBlack and white: the steep marble tiers of the ancient theater below a ruined stone wall.The Odeon of Herodes AtticusVisitors climbing the rocky path to the columned Propylaea gateway under a deep blue sky.Up to the PropylaeaLooking up at the Parthenon's columns and entablature, scaffolding inside, the sun just out of frame.The ParthenonA corner of the Parthenon's marble cornice against a deep blue sky, a small half moon above.A corner of the Parthenon, and the moonThe Porch of the Caryatids on the Erechtheion, six stone maidens holding up the roof, an olive tree and hills behind.The CaryatidsA black cat resting in the shade beneath a marble block, temple ruins in the sunlit background.An Acropolis catA crowd walking down through the tall marble doorway of the Propylaea, the city and mountains framed beyond.Leaving through the Propylaea
Day 6

Sifnos, and Chrysopigi

Mon 5 May · Sifnos

A small white monastery on a rocky islet below, a deep blue sea stretching to the horizon.Chrysopigi from aboveBlack and white: an olive tree on a hillside above the white monastery of Chrysopigi on its rocky point.Chrysopigi and the olive treeAn olive tree on a dry hillside above the white monastery of Chrysopigi, the sea deep blue behind.Chrysopigi and the olive tree, in color
Day 7

The ferry back

Tue 6 May · The ferry to Piraeus

Red and ochre sea cliffs rising from dark blue water under a pale sky.Cliffs from the water