{"id":1546,"date":"2023-09-30T09:16:18","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T16:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/?p=1546"},"modified":"2023-09-30T14:41:49","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T21:41:49","slug":"hydra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/2023\/09\/hydra\/","title":{"rendered":"Greece 2023 &#8211; Hydra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/?attachment_id=1557\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1557 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230908_132400_hydra_3200x1800-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230908_132400_hydra_3200x1800-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230908_132400_hydra_3200x1800-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230908_132400_hydra_3200x1800-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230908_132400_hydra_3200x1800-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230908_132400_hydra_3200x1800-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The village of Hydra is located about 40 miles (64 km) south of Athens on an island which is also named Hydra.\u00a0 The village is about a 90 minute ferry ride from Athens.<\/p>\n<p>The island has no cars, trucks, motorcycles, or scooters.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our first day on the island, I woke up before sunrise and went out for a walk.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1548\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/2023\/09\/hydra\/20230908_062918_harbor-before-dawn_3849x2165\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1548\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1548\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1548\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230908_062918_harbor-before-dawn_3849x2165-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230908_062918_harbor-before-dawn_3849x2165-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230908_062918_harbor-before-dawn_3849x2165-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230908_062918_harbor-before-dawn_3849x2165-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230908_062918_harbor-before-dawn_3849x2165-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230908_062918_harbor-before-dawn_3849x2165-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1548\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Harbor Before Sunrise<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1549\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/?attachment_id=1549\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1549\" class=\"wp-image-1549 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230908_064724_sunrise_3824x2150-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230908_064724_sunrise_3824x2150-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230908_064724_sunrise_3824x2150-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230908_064724_sunrise_3824x2150-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230908_064724_sunrise_3824x2150-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230908_064724_sunrise_3824x2150-2048x1151.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1549\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunrise<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1552\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/?attachment_id=1552\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1552\" class=\"wp-image-1552 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230908_091224_man-mule-2-dogs_2250x1500-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230908_091224_man-mule-2-dogs_2250x1500-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230908_091224_man-mule-2-dogs_2250x1500-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230908_091224_man-mule-2-dogs_2250x1500-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230908_091224_man-mule-2-dogs_2250x1500-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230908_091224_man-mule-2-dogs_2250x1500-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1552\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man riding his mule with his two dogs following along.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Freight comes in to the island on small boats, is unloaded on the waterfront, and is then loaded onto mules for distribution.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1546 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/20230908_085118\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230908_085118-300x169.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230908_085118-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230908_085118-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230908_085118-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230908_085118-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230908_085118-2048x1153.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1560'>\n\t\t\t\tMorning on the waterfront.  Mules in the foreground waiting to be loaded.  The supply ship (red ramp down for unloading, yellow crane) in the background.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/20230908_085201\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230908_085201-300x169.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230908_085201-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230908_085201-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230908_085201-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230908_085201-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230908_085201-2048x1153.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1561'>\n\t\t\t\tThese two have already been loaded (boxes of Nespresso in the foreground)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/20230908_090151_horse-and-cart_2250x1500\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230908_090151_horse-and-cart_2250x1500-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230908_090151_horse-and-cart_2250x1500-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230908_090151_horse-and-cart_2250x1500-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230908_090151_horse-and-cart_2250x1500-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230908_090151_horse-and-cart_2250x1500-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230908_090151_horse-and-cart_2250x1500-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1551'>\n\t\t\t\tA horse pulling a two-wheel cart loaded with a pallet up the hill.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/20230909_084410_loaded-mules_quick-crop_3466x2600\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230909_084410_loaded-mules_quick-crop_3466x2600-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230909_084410_loaded-mules_quick-crop_3466x2600-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230909_084410_loaded-mules_quick-crop_3466x2600-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230909_084410_loaded-mules_quick-crop_3466x2600-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230909_084410_loaded-mules_quick-crop_3466x2600-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230909_084410_loaded-mules_quick-crop_3466x2600-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1554'>\n\t\t\t\tWhile I was busy taking this photo, the white horse just out of the photo on the left started opening a large bag of produce to grab himself a snack.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>We stopped for a morning coffee at a cafe along the waterfront.\u00a0 These three dogs were hanging out on the steps waiting.\u00a0 One of the many street cats sat on the other side of the plant, ignoring them.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1550\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/?attachment_id=1550\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1550\" class=\"wp-image-1550 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230908_085418_3-dogs-1-cat_3750x2500-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230908_085418_3-dogs-1-cat_3750x2500-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230908_085418_3-dogs-1-cat_3750x2500-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230908_085418_3-dogs-1-cat_3750x2500-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230908_085418_3-dogs-1-cat_3750x2500-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230908_085418_3-dogs-1-cat_3750x2500-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1550\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three Dogs, One Cat<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1555\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/?attachment_id=1555\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1555\" class=\"wp-image-1555 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230909_100607_two-cats_morning-sun_4480x2520-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230909_100607_two-cats_morning-sun_4480x2520-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230909_100607_two-cats_morning-sun_4480x2520-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230909_100607_two-cats_morning-sun_4480x2520-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230909_100607_two-cats_morning-sun_4480x2520-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230909_100607_two-cats_morning-sun_4480x2520-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1555\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two street cats stretched out in the sun<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1556\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/?attachment_id=1556\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1556\" class=\"wp-image-1556 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230909_115301-1024x577.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230909_115301-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230909_115301-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230909_115301-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230909_115301-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230909_115301-2048x1153.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1556\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two mules on the waterfront.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The village of Hydra is located about 40 miles (64 km) south of Athens on an island which is also named Hydra.\u00a0 The village is about a 90 minute ferry ride from Athens. The island has no cars, trucks, motorcycles, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/2023\/09\/hydra\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,21],"tags":[193,196],"class_list":["post-1546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-outdoors-and-travel","category-snapshots","tag-greece","tag-hydra"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1546"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1572,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1546\/revisions\/1572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightbill.net\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}