My Memoirs - Citizen of the World

appears on the New Testament. I always like to visit places
connected with Christianity.
We stayed at the Hotel Grand Bretagne in the center of Athens.
One day, there was a big demonstration going on in Athens’ main
square and passing by the hotel. My wife and I went out to the
steps of the hotel to watch the people singing and displaying signs.
Suddenly, we saw several people pointing to my wife in anger. I
went inside and asked the hotel clerk, why people were pointing to
my wife. He replied that she was wearing a green dress. He said,
“Green is the color for the fascists!” I really don’t know if it’s true
or not, but Deodete went to our room and changed her dress to one
of another color.
Since we live in Rhode Island, I was curious to visit the Island of
Rhodes in Greece. We took a plane and visited the beautiful island,
where the Crusaders of St. John came from. We arranged for a taxi
with a driver who could speak English and we visited the Palace of
Grand Masters and the island’s beauty.
A few years later, our daughter Angela and her husband Arthur,
went on a cruise with us. One of the stops was the island of
Santorini in Greece. There were 6 cruise ships on the Aegean Sea,
so we had to take a small motor boat to visit the island. To go up
the hill, we had to use a cable car. We then walked through the
traditional villages, with small houses, mostly painted white, and
enjoyed walking all over the narrow streets, full of restaurants and
cafes. It is really a different island from those we had visited. After
the wonderful walking tour, the four of us sat down, relaxed over a
nice cold drink, and watched the incredibly beautiful view of the
sea. When it was time to return to our ship, there were three ways
down the hill, by cable car, walking down more than 700 stairs, or
riding a mule. We thought it would be much faster and easier to
take the cable car, so we got into the line and waited about 45
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