Psiri Athens

... . Also when you look at the photo you'll notice Jeff and Marie are in short sleeve shirts. It was only 10 degrees warmer in Athens than it was in Munich, but what a difference! This was the first time we were able to use these shirts as the designer ...

Finally, it was time to experience Athens in the daylight. A quick espresso and pastry and then a scenic 30 minute train ride and voila, the beautiful smog and craziness known as downtown Athens. Naturally, as we only had a day to tour, we hit the ...

... seem to get on the European schedule, though we are really trying!  After our rather extended nap, we ventured in the Psiri neighborhood of Athens and had one of the best meals yet; a simple meal that consisted of Hummus and some Retsina (Greek ...

Friday 15th June We took a really good walking tour of Ancient Greece with Maria from 'Athens Walking Tours". She put about 3 ~6,000 years of Greek history, religion, culture, myths and legends into a clear, succinct and intelligible perspective for ...

... that they mean it when they say you shouldn't mix Ambien with wine), we were very excited to arrive in Greece. We weren't that psyched for Athens as we heard it was a big, dirty, smoggy, and disgusting city (we are definitely more beach-vacation ...

... wich was built by Julius Ceaser to replace the original Greek agora. The Roman Forum dealt with all the commercial business in Athens during the Middle Ages when the city was always under the threat of attacks. Next I saw the Tower of the Winds ...

More of H's Notes We took a taxi driven by a fellow called Dimitrios to the Athens Central Hotel which is situated right alongside the fruit market and has pictures of fruit covering the glass frontage on the ground floor so as to blend into the ...

... area. It seemed like a long, but manageable walk, so we set off. Psiri turned out to be quite different from other parts of Athens. While Plaka seemed to be a neighborhood and Syntagma was something of a high-rise district, Psiri seemed to be a mid-level ...

... marcou com a gente um encontro na Praça Monastiraki e nos levou a conhecer o bairro mais boêmio de Atenas. Chama-se Psiri. É onde acontece a vida noturna, os barzinhos, restaurantes, teatros, cinemas. Tudo ferve por lá ! E realmente as ruas são uma ...

... Europe on both trips on one hand. It's all par for the course really, so moving on from there. I arrived the next day into Athens without a hitch. Transport in was easy, and the hostel was next door to the metro stop. Whew!! The hostel is great, right ...