Shortly after we got married, Bethany told me that we needed to start saving so that we could "do something special" for our 10th anniversary. Since we were barely making ends meet at the time, this seemed like an odd thing to save money for, to me. However, she was certainly right, and we started it with a few dollars. Last week, a decade of saving came together, and we got to go on a cruise in the (nearby) Greek islands! We flew to Izmir and got on the ship, and a few hours later, we were at our first stop, the island of Patmos.
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| The harbor at Patmos |
My recollection of how Patmos is described in biblical commentaries on the book of Revelation is "a small rocky island"... not that I could give a specific reference for that. That description is not particularly wrong, although the island is quite a bit bigger than I envisioned. It's small for an island, but it's not particularly small.
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| Harbor picture 2 |
There was a tour that showed various historical (or supposedly historical?) sites on the island, but we preferred to just walk around the town and observe it from various perspectives. We also enjoyed some excellent ice cream there and bought some pistachio-chocolate sauce (imagine dark chocolate Nutella, made with pistachios!)
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| The town on Patmos |
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| Sunset over Patmos harbor |
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| the sun disappearing |
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