{"id":4051,"date":"2013-10-06T17:42:58","date_gmt":"2013-10-06T17:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/?p=4051"},"modified":"2025-10-01T16:32:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T16:32:14","slug":"athens-to-antiparos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/?p=4051","title":{"rendered":"Athens to Antiparos"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4052\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4052\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1-IMG_2708.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4052\" alt=\"View to the Acropolis from ouor hotel in Athens\" src=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1-IMG_2708.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1-IMG_2708.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1-IMG_2708-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1-IMG_2708-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4052\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View to the Acropolis from our hotel in Athens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4054\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4054\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/2-IMG_2713.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4054\" alt=\"Acropolis\" src=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/2-IMG_2713.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/2-IMG_2713.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/2-IMG_2713-300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/2-IMG_2713-624x536.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4054\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Acropolis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4056\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4056\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/3-IMG_2722.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4056\" alt=\"Acropolis\" src=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/3-IMG_2722.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/3-IMG_2722.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/3-IMG_2722-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/3-IMG_2722-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4056\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Acropolis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4058\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4058\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/4-IMG_2748.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4058\" alt=\"Antiparos town\" src=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/4-IMG_2748.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/4-IMG_2748.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/4-IMG_2748-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/4-IMG_2748-624x484.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4058\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Antiparos town<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4060\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4060\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/5-IMG_2749.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-4\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4060\" alt=\"Antiparos town\" src=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/5-IMG_2749.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/5-IMG_2749.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/5-IMG_2749-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/5-IMG_2749-624x508.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4060\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Antiparos town<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4061\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4061\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/6-IMG_2754.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-5\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4061\" alt=\"View from St. George, Antiparos towards Despotika Island where we are anchored\" src=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/6-IMG_2754.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/6-IMG_2754.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/6-IMG_2754-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/6-IMG_2754-624x444.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4061\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View from St. Georgio, Antiparos towards Despotika Island where we are anchored<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We are back on the boat and at anchor in the small bay between the small island of Antiparos and the smaller and uninhabited island of Despotiko in the Cyclades groups of Greek islands in the Aegean.\u00a0 We spent two days in Athens before returning to the boat in Kalamata and doing a 30 hour sail in rough conditions to Antiparos.\u00a0 The wind was been blowing hard for the past week but should calm tomorrow.\u00a0 On Tuesday we will leave for Amorgos Island.<\/p>\n<p>M.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4064\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4064\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/7-IMG_2763.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-6\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4064\" alt=\"Church at St. Georgio, Antipasto\" src=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/7-IMG_2763.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/7-IMG_2763.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/7-IMG_2763-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/7-IMG_2763-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4064\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Church at St. Georgio, Antiparos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4065\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4065\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/8-IMG_2766.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-7\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4065\" alt=\"Church at St. Georgio, Antiparo\" src=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/8-IMG_2766.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/8-IMG_2766.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/8-IMG_2766-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/8-IMG_2766-624x384.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4065\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Church at St. Georgio, Antiparos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4067\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4067\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/9-IMG_2775.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-8\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4067\" alt=\"Antiparos town\" src=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/9-IMG_2775.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/9-IMG_2775.jpg 480w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/9-IMG_2775-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4067\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Antiparos town<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4077\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4077\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1-IMG_2777.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-9\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4077\" alt=\"View of shepard's hut on Despotiko Island with Sabbatical III and Antiparos in the background\" src=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1-IMG_2777.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1-IMG_2777.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1-IMG_2777-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1-IMG_2777-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4077\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View of shepard&#8217;s hut on Despotiko Island with Antiparos in the background<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4080\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4080\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/2-IMG_2781.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-10\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4080\" alt=\"Ruins of Temple of Apollo, Despotiko Island\" src=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/2-IMG_2781.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/2-IMG_2781.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/2-IMG_2781-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/2-IMG_2781-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4080\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ruins of Temple of Apollo with Sabbatical III in the background, Despotiko Island<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4082\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4082\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/3-IMG_2787.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-11\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4082\" alt=\"Laura at Despotiko Island\" src=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/3-IMG_2787.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/3-IMG_2787.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/3-IMG_2787-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/3-IMG_2787-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4082\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Laura at Despotiko Island<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4083\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4083\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/4-IMG_2791.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-12\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4083\" alt=\"Drying octopus at Captain Pepino's Taverna, St. Giorgio, Antiparos Island\" src=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/4-IMG_2791.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/4-IMG_2791.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/4-IMG_2791-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/4-IMG_2791-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4083\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Drying octopus at Captain Pepino&#8217;s Taverna, St. Giorgio, Antiparos Island<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are back on the boat and at anchor in the small bay between the small island of Antiparos and the smaller and uninhabited island of Despotiko in the Cyclades groups of Greek islands in the Aegean.\u00a0 We spent two days in Athens before returning to the boat in Kalamata and doing a 30 hour &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/?p=4051\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Athens to Antiparos&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-greece-2013"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4051\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}