Greek Odyssey
In and around Greece
Aidan and Ainsley spend six weeks exploring Greece.
Route taken and entries written by am2009
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It Begins...WOOOOOT!
4 hours to go and our backpacks are laced with granola bars and gummy blue whales - true nourishment. Have a great summer everyone, and we'll see you... Continue reading »
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Welcome to the cradle of democracy
We arrived late last night. Our flights were OK although there were a few mishaps (Aidan had a flight attendant spill cream on her, Ainsley had... Continue reading »
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Corinth Canal
We got up early to take the suburban train from Athens to Corinth. The train was supposed to take about an hour. In confusion when the tra... Continue reading »
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Athens - Day 2 & 3 (so far)
Arriving back in Athens, we did some more wandering (translation, more getting lost). At 9 PM, we caught a changing of the guards at the Parliam... Continue reading »
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Athens - Later on Day 3/Early Day 4
Damon flies into today. To kill time, Aidan and I trekked up Lykavittos Hill to get a view of the city. We started at around 5 PM, which w... Continue reading »
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Athens (Day 5) to Crete
Today we went around to the places our Acropolis admissions got us but we didn't make yesterday (Ancient Agora and Keramikos). At 8:20AM, we mad... Continue reading »
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Day Trip to Samaria Gorge
Today we got up very early to catch the 6:15 AM burs from Hania south to the village of Xyloskalo (about 1 hr), the mouth of the Samaria Gorge.The gor... Continue reading »
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Iraklio in Central Crete
After a loud night at the Rethymno Youth Hostel (loud snoring), we took a midmorning bus east to Iraklio. We had two days left with Damon who wa... Continue reading »
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Matala Beach
Sunday morning we got up early to take a bus to the south coast to visit Matala beach, a former hippie hangout due to the groovy caves. The beac... Continue reading »
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Rhodes Town
The ferry was about 30 minutes late getting to Sitia and about 2 hours late by the time we reached Rhodes -- at 12:30 AM!! (We met a guy from Va... Continue reading »
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Lindos on Rhodes Island
Today we got up early and took a bus from Rhodes Town to Lindos which is south of Rhodes Town along the east coast. The bus stopped quite far ab... Continue reading »
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Nisyros Island
We arrived at Mandraki on Nisyros at around 6 PM. We found a nice room to rent with a balcony overlooking the sea. Mandraki was small but... Continue reading »
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Picturesque Santorini
We spent the day checking out Kos Town before catching a 9:45 PM ferry west to the island of Santorini. We arrived at about 1 AM in the morning.... Continue reading »
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Milos' Beautiful Coastline
We caught our ferry at about 10 PM from Santorini to the island of Milos. It was an unevenful ferry ride, docking at the town of Adamas at about... Continue reading »
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Paros Island
We arrived on Paros Island at around 11 PM. As domatia prices have been rather high throughout the Cycladic islands, we're still camping (we can... Continue reading »
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Andros Island
Today, we caught a ride on a fast catamaran to Tinos Island where we then got on a ferry to Andros Island. We arrived at about 4 PM where we the... Continue reading »
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Tinos Island
We arrived on Tinos at around 9 PM. There was a Camping Tinos minibus meeting the ferries, so we got a ride to the campsite which was only about... Continue reading »
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Overhyped Mykonos and Spectacular Delos
From the guidebook, we knew that Mykonos was going to be busy and expensive (even camping was twice the price). So we'd hoped to just take an ex... Continue reading »
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Thessaloniki
We were to leave Myknons for the city of Thessaloniki in Northern Greece at 9:40 PM Sunday. Instead, the ferry was late, not arriving til after... Continue reading »
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Climbing Mt. Olympus
We arrived at the small village of Litohoro at the base of Mt. Olympus around 11 AM. Litohoro is a cute little village with a spectacular view o... Continue reading »
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Mystifying Meteora
We caught a bus from Litohoro to the highway where a bus to Trikala picked us up. Then we caught another bus to Meteora, arriving at around 3:30 PM. T... Continue reading »
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Spiritual Delphi
We caught a bus from Kastraki to Trikala at 8:50 AM, then a bus to Lamia, then to Amfissa, arriving at 2:15 PM. We had been told that we'd be in Delph... Continue reading »
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Back to Athens
We left Delphi on the 9 AM (or 9:20 as it was late) bus to Athens, arriving at around noon. We had to take a bus to get to our hotel. We checked in at... Continue reading »
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