Greek Islands: Santorini, Mykonos, and Rhodes
Check your local public television station for this Rick Steves’ Europe episode or watch it on We'll island-hop through the Aegean, sampling three classic Greek getaways — Santorini, Mykonos, and Rhodes — and basking in their dramatic beauty. We'll tour ancient ruins, trace the vestiges of the Crusaders, sample rustic cuisine, savor classic Greek-island views, and compare beaches — from the ultimate party beach to idyllic quiet hideaways. And we'll see how a cruise ship can be an efficient way to link up great island stopovers.
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The Greek Island of Rhodes
In 2017, Marilyn and Craig toured the Aegean Sea. Join us and our friends, Rosemary and Daryl, as we make a stop at the Greek island of Rhodes.
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Rhodes (Greek: Ρόδος, Ródos [ˈroðos]) is the largest of the Dodecanese islands of Greece in terms of land area and also the island group's historical capital. Administratively the island forms a separate municipality within the Rhodes regional unit, which is part of the South Aegean administrative region. The principal town of the island and seat of the municipality is Rhodes. The city of Rhodes had 50,636 inhabitants in 2011. It is located northeast of Crete, southeast of Athens and just off the Anatolian coast of Turkey. Rhodes' nickname is The island of the Knights, named after the Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem, who once conquered the land.Historically, Rhodes was famous worldwide for the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The Medieval Old Town of the City of Rhodes has been declared a World Heritage Site. Today, it is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Europe. The name of the U.S. state of Rhode Island is based on these islands.
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00:01:16 1 Name
00:02:02 2 Geography
00:03:55 2.1 Flora
00:04:26 2.2 Fauna
00:05:05 2.3 Earthquakes
00:05:42 2.4 Climate
00:05:59 3 History
00:06:08 3.1 Early and classical antiquity
00:06:19 3.2 Prehistory
00:06:35 3.3 Minoan Era
00:07:02 3.4 Mycenaean Era
00:07:30 3.5 Archaic Era
00:09:16 3.6 Classical Era
00:10:30 3.7 Hellenistic age
00:19:05 3.8 Byzantine period
00:22:27 3.9 Crusader and Ottoman rule
00:24:26 3.10 Modern history
00:27:41 4 Archaeology
00:28:49 5 Religion
00:28:58 5.1 Christianity
00:29:32 5.2 Islam
00:30:16 5.3 Judaism
00:31:29 6 Government
00:33:13 6.1 Towns and villages
00:33:27 7 Economy
00:34:00 8 Transportation
00:34:10 8.1 Air
00:35:55 8.2 Sea
00:37:32 8.3 Road network
00:40:59 8.4 Bus
00:41:37 8.5 Cars and motorbikes
00:42:16 9 Sports
00:44:55 10 Culture
00:45:54 11 Notable people
00:48:43 12 Tourism
00:50:02 13 Panoramas
00:50:18 14 See also
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Rhodes (Greek: Ρόδος, Ródos [ˈroðos]) is the largest of the Dodecanese islands of Greece and is also the island group's historical capital. Administratively the island forms a separate municipality within the Rhodes regional unit, which is part of the South Aegean administrative region. The principal town of the island and seat of the municipality is Rhodes. The city of Rhodes had 50,636 inhabitants in 2011. It is located northeast of Crete, southeast of Athens and just off the Anatolian coast of Turkey. Rhodes' nickname is The island of the Knights, named after the Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem, who once conquered the land.Historically, Rhodes was famous worldwide for the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The Medieval Old Town of the City of Rhodes has been declared a World Heritage Site. Today, it is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Europe. The name of the U.S. state of Rhode Island is thought to be based on this island.
Piper PA28 Cherokee - Approach & Landing into Kythira - NAVIGATION Training Flight @ LGKC
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French Riviera: Uniquely Chic
Rick Steves' Europe Travel Guide | In this program, we follow in the footsteps of 19th-century aristocrats along Nice's Promenade des Anglais. Then we listen to the graceful reshuffling of personal fortunes at the casino in fairy-tale Monaco, and visit the picturesque artist hangouts of Chagall, Matisse, and Picasso.
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12 CHEAPEST Countries to Visit on A BUDGET!
From Greece, Pakistan, India and more, experience these 12 cheapest budget travel countries in the world! Check out insanely affordable travel destinations, explore unbelievable beaches and tourist attractions, all to visit on a budget!
▶ Αρχαία Ολυμπία - Ancient Olympia Stadium
Taxi27katakolo.com: Katakolon it’s a small seaside village with 200 inhabitants but with lot of tourist shops , cafes and restaurants.
Near the port of Katakolon and at least 5 kilometer from the area are the best touristics hotspots: Agios Andreas Beach , Mercury Estate Winery and other best places which worth sight sheen.
The Archaeological site and the Museum of Ancient Olympia it’s recommended that visitors begin their tour and don’t miss an outstanding visit to: Olympia Land Winery, Panagia Kremasti Nunnery.
(Old) Flight School | Part 1: Cessna c172 cockpit tour | Noob to pro
In this first flight school lesson we will be taking a look at the basic controls in the Cessna c172, the plane that we will be primarily using for out first lessons.
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Rick Steves' Andalucía: The Best of Southern Spain
Join Rick as he weaves Andalucía's rich mix of culture, cuisine, history, and natural wonders into a 60-minute special. The hour includes the major cities of Sevilla, Córdoba, and Granada; flamenco, sherry, and horses; dramatic white-washed hill towns; and fun in the Costa del Sol sun — plus a dash of Britain in Gibraltar.
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Cruise Ship Tips From Viewers! Most Unique and Neccessary Items You Must Pack to Take a Cruise!
Cruise Ship Tips From Viewers! Most Unique and Neccessary Items You Must Pack to Take a Cruise! If your going to take a cruise there are certain items you must bring with you. Either to save a bunch of money or to make your cruise as comfortable as possible we have the tips for you! Duct tape is one of them!
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How to Achieve Checkmate in 2 Moves | Chess
Chess Checkmate in 2 moves! If you want to learn new chess tricks and chess strategy, you came to the right place! When it comes to chess openings, the foolsmate ranks pretty high. Learn how to pull it off in under 2 minutes.
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Hi, Coach Russ here with Chess NYC. A very common question that we receive as chess coaches is what is the quickest way to win a game of chess? Now, everybody's idea of the game of chess, that's it's a very long, strategic, thought out game, but surprisingly enough there is a way to win a game of chess in only two moves. Now, when we're looking at the two move checkmate or also known as the foolsmate, it's going to take a sequence of bad moves by the opponent to fall into this trap of only two moves.
Now interestingly enough the two move checkmate is going to occur on the black side checkmating white in two moves. So white is going to open up and play a move, F-4. As we can notice in this position by white moving their pawn to F-4 they've opened up their king's diagonal exposing the king and creating a weakness. Black can simply open up and make space for their queen and bishop and this is black's first move. White makes their second move further opening up the king's diagonal and allowing for black to make their second move which is to bring the queen along the diagonal to H-4 and checking the king.
Now in chess when we're in check we look for three ways to get out of check. It's either to move the king, to block the check or to capture the checking piece. In this position the king has no safe squares to move. There are no pieces that can interpose or block the queen from checking the king and there are actually no pieces that can capture the checking piece or capture the queen.
So what has just happened is black has checkmated white in two moves and just to once again show you, white opens up making the move to F-4 opening up the king's diagonal. Black plays the pawn up opening up the queen to make a direct threat on white's king. White plays G-4 and black responds by bringing the queen out and making a direct threat to white's king and leaving white with no option to run, block or capture and ending the game in only two moves.
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Medical marijuana is legal in 20 states and the District of Columbia, but there are still use cases that are very controversial, like medical marijuana for children. Some claim it's a wonder drug for epilepsy, severe autism, and even to quell the harsh side effects of chemotherapy, while others decry pumping marijuana into still-growing bodies. We went to the small town of Pendleton, Oregon, where medical marijuana is legal, to visit Mykayla Comstock, an eight-year-old leukemia patient who takes massive amounts of weed to treat her illness. Her family, and many people we met along the way, believe not only in the palliative aspects of the drug, but also in marijuana's curative effect—that pot can literally shrink tumors.
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Morning Exercises | Harvard University Commencement 2014
The Morning Exercises at Harvard's 363nd Commencement at Tercentenary Theatre on May 29, 2014.
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Welcome to the 363rd Harvard Commencement. Although Harvard's first Commencement in 1642 is more than 372 years behind us, Commencement numbering has fallen out of step as exercises were omitted for reasons ranging from war to plague. The cumulative effect is that 2014, for example, marks only the 363rd Harvard Commencement.
Commencement at Harvard is comprised of three components: the ceremonial Morning Exercises, during which University degrees are conferred; the mid-day luncheons and diploma-awarding ceremonies at the undergraduate Houses, Graduate and Professional Schools; and the afternoon Annual Meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association, during which Harvard's president and the featured Commencement speaker deliver their addresses.
The Morning Exercises, which convene in the outdoor Tercentenary Theatre, are attended by approximately 32,000 degree candidates, family members, faculty, alumni/ae, and guests.
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Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M.R.James Vol.2 | Full Audiobook with subtitles
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
M. R. JAMES
Montague Rhodes James was a medieval scholar; Provost of King’s College, Cambridge. He wrote many of his ghost stories to be read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. His stories often use rural settings, with a quiet, scholarly protagonist getting caught up in the activities of supernatural forces. The details of horror are almost never explicit, the stories relying on a gentle, bucolic background to emphasise the awfulness of the otherworldly intrusions.
“Ghost Stories of an Antiquary” was written as two collections, presented here as two volumes in a single work. There is a short author’s preface before the first story in each volume. (Summary by Peter Yearsley)
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Speak with a New York Accent
This lesson is designed to help the speaker affect a New York accent, using the 'AW' sound, which appears in the following words:
call, talk, long, fall, all, mall, off, water
The monologue is Sebastian (short, intense, alcoholic) from 'Pandora 2011: Accounts of the Cursed Shopping Center', a novel by Ivan Borodin.
The guy at the bar is named Larry Rosenberg, but everybody calls him Larry Letterman, for he always wears a light green jacket embroidered with a four-inch capital L.
Larry Letterman uses red shades to hide his eyes, which change color when he talks—just one of the ways being the longest tenured tour guide at Pandora's Tours has disfigured him.
As for me, I'm the second longest tenured guide.
Since I started working at the Box, I'd say that eight-five percent of my hair has fallen out.
When I look over at Larry, his psychedelic eyes shifting like kaleidoscopes beneath his shades, I wonder what new mutation is in store for me.
After all, he's been giving tours of the enchanted mall only six months longer than I have.
He sits alone, nursing his Bacardi and Coke, his bony fingers rolling a menthol 100 on the long wooden bar of The Hornet's Nest lounge.
Early April is still the off-season, so the evening clientele is limited to hard drinkers, hookers and johns.
I qualify for two of those categories.
Larry doesn't qualify for any of them.
You can't be a real drinker if you water down your liquor with cola, and no working girl will go anywhere near him.
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The New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions (Official Music Video)
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LYRICS
I'm flying and feeling the ceiling
I'm barely dealing and the faces, the faintest of praises
Are too revealing, such a waste of a beautiful day
Someone should say, it's such a waste of the only impossible, logical way in
A fly-in in la was open
I wasn't hoping for a win, I was hoping for freedom
You couldn't beat 'em so you crumbled, you doubled your dosage
You wanna go, said the inhibitor blocking the passage
That thing is massive
And the sky will come for you once
Just sit tight until it's done
The sky will come for you once
Just sit tight until it's done
Got so hooked on a feeling
I started dealing in a stage of grief so demanding
I got a stand-in every radio buzzing, it wasn't the dream of the moment
Wasn't the current that carried me, keeping me going
Only want to get to work
But every morning I'm too sick to drive
Suffering whiteout conditions
Forget the mission, just get out alive
Only want to glean the purpose
Only to scratch the surface, raise the plow
Suffering whiteout conditions
Forget your mission, just get out somehow
Everyone suddenly busy
Suddenly dizzy you're so easy, it's pushing you over
You're taking tours of a treacherous strip of the badlands
You have your demands maybe you riot for nothing, it's just a bad hand
Only want to get to work
But every morning I'm too sick to drive
Suffering whiteout conditions
Forget the mission, just get out alive
Only want to glean the purpose
Only to scratch the surface, raise the plow
Suffering whiteout conditions
Forget your mission, just get out somehow
Flying and flat on the ceiling
I see myself and the revival, it suddenly hits me
It's going viral such a waste of a beautiful day
Someone should say
It's such a waste of the only impossible, logical way in
Got so hooked on a feeling
I started dealing but the days spent kicking the cages
Are too revealing so committed to your misfortune
But still a cheater such a waste of a beautiful day
Wish you could be here
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