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A Day at the Acropolis
(May 24 '06)
"Unbeknownst to me, that was the least of what I should’ve been worried about…"
Written on 5/25/06, my 31st birthday, 12:45 am, in our room balcony over looking the city of Athens, while Eric grooms his ...
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Back to Athens (Gyros, Gyros, Gyros)
(May 12 '06)
"Don't know how we managed it but we found a Subway. It was nice to take a break from gyros."
The cruise ship dropped us off at the port in Patras and we took a bus into Athens with another Contiki group ...
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Greece: Athens, Santorini and a Mr. A. Watso???
(Aug 12 '07)
"I was first introduced to Mr. A Watso when I received my confirmed Santorini itinerary via fax. Apparently, the person who booked my tour completely botched my name... How did Ms. M. Yatco become Mr. A Watso?"
We arrived in Athens around 11 AM, which is a 7 hour time difference ahead of New Jersey. The weather was a comfy 78 degrees.
It was a pretty decent ...
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Cape Sounion
(May 24 '06)
"It was very windy and we were worried that some of the smaller students and Rosa, may drift away."
The weather was forecast for 36 degrees Celsius, which means mid 90's to me. Rosa decided to make the ...
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Acropolis and the Beach, a great combo!
(May 23 '06)
We drove from Delphi to Athens in the morning. Breakfast was great coffee and some sweet breads. The one I liked the best looked like it had ants baked into it. Still don't know what those ...
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We had both been told (by guidebooks and fellow travellers alike) that Athens was not a city in which you would want to spend a massive amount of time - essentially the ...
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I love Kaka'
(May 23 '07)
I caught the night Fillia Express out of Istanbul at 8pm from the Sirecki (sounds like soup kitchen) station to Thessalonika. What I didn't realize until that day was Athens, my goal, is the site of ...
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Athens is crowded, congested and about like any other gigantic city you've ever visited. However, the city itself is not what you came for. You came for the ...
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July 10th was a long day of travel over continental Europe. From my window seat on the plane, I viewed the famous places I would be visiting in the near future: the ...
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Recent Blogs for Athens
The survival of Greece
(Mar 28 '08)
Hi all, Well I chose the most challenging country to visit first & now that I am on the other side & have survived Greece, nothing can stop me! First of all the language, is not one that you ...
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Kalımera!
Forget Italy, Greece is way better!!! The Greeks can now be added to the list of favorite people along with Newfoundlanders for whom I have always had a soft ...
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20 Athens 2006
(Jun 13 '06)
Every Greek Islands trip begins and ends in Athens. This was the end of our 2006 trip. On the last evening in Athens we met with our Geocaching friends, Yanni and Antonis. They bought the beer, so ...
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