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<p>[QUOTE="AussieCollector, post: 4328797, member: 81093"]Thanks Poor Old Man, yea, it was amazing. Certainly a highlight of my life (and I'm not exaggerating).</p><p><br /></p><p>I only stayed 2 nights in Mt Athos (at first it was one, then I stretched it to two, but my wife wasn't having it for the third). As you rightly observed, the first night was at Pantokrator. The second night was at Koutloumousiuo.</p><p><br /></p><p>I didn't post a picture of it because I just wasn't able to capture the grandeur of the monastery. Here is the front entrance:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1098595[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And the seal in front of the entrance:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1098596[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And yes, I did see that we took the same photo. I guess it makes sense, you walk out of the monastery, look to your left and see a truly amazing view.</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope that one day I can go back to Mt Athos. But it is a significant investment for me to make it happen, and I don't know that I will get the chance again. But, we will see! Perhaps the excuse next time can be visiting the Greek islands and lying on a beach... and while we're there... I just might hop over to Byzantium <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="AussieCollector, post: 4328797, member: 81093"]Thanks Poor Old Man, yea, it was amazing. Certainly a highlight of my life (and I'm not exaggerating). I only stayed 2 nights in Mt Athos (at first it was one, then I stretched it to two, but my wife wasn't having it for the third). As you rightly observed, the first night was at Pantokrator. The second night was at Koutloumousiuo. I didn't post a picture of it because I just wasn't able to capture the grandeur of the monastery. Here is the front entrance: [ATTACH=full]1098595[/ATTACH] And the seal in front of the entrance: [ATTACH=full]1098596[/ATTACH] And yes, I did see that we took the same photo. I guess it makes sense, you walk out of the monastery, look to your left and see a truly amazing view. I hope that one day I can go back to Mt Athos. But it is a significant investment for me to make it happen, and I don't know that I will get the chance again. But, we will see! Perhaps the excuse next time can be visiting the Greek islands and lying on a beach... and while we're there... I just might hop over to Byzantium :)[/QUOTE]
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