Where it all began....For us, traveling in Europe is a chance to experience and learn about real history, old history.  Most recently, thanks to our trip to Greece, I became excited about the idea that gods from myths and religions, new and old, were real people. They had parents, were kids once, traveled around (that alone was probably very difficult and dangerous) and even died.  Gives us renewed interest in all the stories and the evolution of beliefs and cultures. (Pic is the gate of the Temple of Apollo at the entrance to Naxos harbor, built in 523 BC and still standing with no reconstruction.)