Having seen only one gate the previous day, we walked along the walls of the city checking out the remaining gates and other places of interest along the way. Our first stop was the sanctuary of Dionysus.
where Stephanie sang us a song so we could test the acoustics.
a monument featuring armor and shield sculptures,
On our way to the sanctuary of Poseidon, we stopped at the gate of the "Goddess on Chariot" which happens to butt up against someone's back yard.
At the sanctuary of Poseidon, workmen had just finished cutting the grass. Margie said we were seeing things she hadn't seen in a while because they'd been covered over with grass.
Not all of the gates have been identified, including this one we saw next:
We continued along the city wall to a theater
where Stephanie sang us a song so we could test the acoustics.
Following the wall, we came to the sanctuary of Athena Poliouchos,
the rock-cut shrine of Pan, which Allie volunteered to sit in to get a closer look at the inside,
and the gate of Silenus.
We got back on the ferry and headed for the mainland so we could go to the site at Dion. There are sanctuaries to Demeter, Isis, and Zeus,
Roman baths with latrines,
a monument featuring armor and shield sculptures,
a villa with mosaics and a street,
a Greek theater,
and Mount Olympus in the distance.
We stayed the night in lovely Litochoros.
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