Athens, Greece Travel Blogs

Its all Greek to me
Feb 26, 2006 (36 photos)

... ;Syntagma Square.  We timed it well and got to see the changing of the guard. It was a fantastic introduction to Athens. Syntagma Square www.youtube.com/watch?v=15mAzcwamnI We decided to stop and have a bite to eat. We found a local ...

Escape from the Isle of Lesvos...
Dec 6, 2007 (40 photos)

... and all sorts of things begin to appear on small plates.   A point of information for your travels in Greece---there's a difference between cafes and restaurants, and it's hard to tell one from the other sometimes...  Restaurants serve food ...

chill out day
Jul 10, 2008 (27 photos)

... CS) house and we would sit there, chatting and checking emails for 1,5h. Then we went to climb up Lekavitos - the highest hill in Athens, with a wonderful view from the top. We sat there for a while, admiring the view of panorama. On our way back home we ...

freaking hot
Jul 8, 2008 (88 photos)

... , when my friend Marcin, after the April trip to Romania and Istanbul, said: "So, Bogna, in July we`re gonna hitchhike around Greece and Balkans, aren`t we?", I didn`t consider for too long. We were supposed to get a group of people to come along with us, ...

One last day in Athens
Mar 1, 2006 (31 photos)

... Greek and foreign artists, manuscripts, as well as a large collection of traditional costumes from the various regions of Greece. We wandered the building relatively alone. It was a really peaceful morning. The old Assembly hall in the building ...

day at a beach
Jul 9, 2008 (5 photos)

... after we got back home (about 10pm), as already at 11pm we were supposed to meet up with Malgosia - a Polish girl living in Athens. We went altogether with her to Keramikos district and we were walking from club to club, looking for her friends from CS. ...

Ancient Greece
Feb 26, 2006 (316 photos)

... of the Acropolis. The Stoa of Attolos has been rebuilt and it now holds historical artifacts from Ancient Greece.  The sculptures are beautiful. We walked around the whole complex spending a lot of time exploring the Temple ...

Welcome to Athens
Jun 14, 2008 (16 photos)

... !  Our first stop is the Ancient Agora, or old market, which was the commercial, trade and social center of Athens where Socrates, Sophocles and Aristotle orated their thoughts and ideas to the masses.  There was a cool Museum that is ...

My big fat Greek slimeball.
Jul 9, 2009 (20 photos)

 A work trip to Athens.

Athens
May 28, 2008

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Athens, Greece
Apr 1, 2008 (30 photos)

... sites are near the center of the city and relatively close together. The 12 Euro ticket for the Acropolis gets you admission to 6 of Athens' biggest sights. We had our student ID's so it only cost us 6 Euros. Let me pause for a minute to thank the ...

Athens and the Greek Islands...
Apr 21, 2005 (37 photos)

... views everywhere 6. The Cave of the Apocolypse at Patmos and my own "Pilgramage Path" 7. Shopping and a haircut in Athens....after a month in Africa, I was feeling very UNcivilized! 8. Agio Sofia Cave....very cool spelunking! Lowlights: 1. ...

Greece PART III - Athens
Jun 23, 2005 (15 photos)

The last two days I had been to the capital of Greece, Athens. It is the center for arts, myths, legends, learning and philosophy, home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum, also, it was the birthplace of Socrates, Pericles, Sophocles and many other ...

Athens
Dec 27, 2005 (80 photos)

Greece. Acropolis. Stones. Expensive coffee. Good food. Lots of argument. Cold nights. Although many blankets. Student discounts everywhere. Markets. ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------- ...

Patras to Athens
Dec 26, 2005 (11 photos)

... price: 5 € duration: 4 h carrier: OSE the official travelling website: OSE in English from Patras to Athens nightly travel through the night. darkness all around. hard seats on the train. everybody is smoking. cant breathe. the ...

Socrates, Plato, Sophocles and Tjhung
Aug 17, 2006 (71 photos)

... and prostitutes? Yes. Is the city just one big, conrete, urban jungle? Yes. Indeed, by right, considering these factors, Athens deserves 'the hole' label. But with the clock ticking down, the end in sight, athens plays its trump card of all trump ...

Exploring Santorini
Jun 25, 2008 (17 photos)

... the hotel we grab a snack and head to the airport via the most expensive five minute cab ride of all time.  Only back in Athens for a few hours, we get a room at the holiday inn which is the most expensive airport holiday inn I've ever seen, and not ...

If a bird has the flu, does it sneeze?
Feb 27, 2006 (131 photos)

... is beautiful and is a perfect day for a day in the Park. The National Garden is this oasis of green in the middle of Athens. It is beautiful even though it is still winter and the flowers and plants aren't blooming. The tree lined paths seem to beckon you ...

Off with her head!!!!
Mar 7, 2006 (7 photos)

... driving back to Athens today and staying in Markopoulo at the Hotel Pantheon Markopoulo, near the airport. It is a suburb of Athens and is pretty industrialized but it is very close to the airport and that is its major selling point. The drive ...

Athens
Sep 4, 2006 (24 photos)

... for a tea bag and a cup of hot water! What do they think they are Paris or London? It does seem like Athens and the rest of Greece has become like any other European city now. The cheap days are forever gone. Some people are really trying to rip off ...

Acropolis Now
Aug 2, 2006 (17 photos)

... decided to start at the Dionyssos Theatre and purchased a ticket that allowed us in to most of the archaeological sites in Athens. Next was the Herodes Atticus Odeum, a Roman theatre that is still used for performances. Climbing up the hill we entered ...

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May 21, 2008

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The City Everybody Loves to Hate
Jul 20, 2006 (37 photos)

For two months I lived in Greece, meeting fellow travelers and the unanimous opinion I heard was "Athens is a shithole." Many said it wasn't even worth a day. When I rolled into Athens with a day and a half to kill I was a little worried I'd be miserable ...

Meeting Carolyn
May 10, 2008 (23 photos)

... metro stop. That afternoon, with beautiful puffy cumulus clouds and crisp skies, we went to the Acropolis for views across Athens, walking up slippery marble steps worn from millions of feet.  The Acropolis was being restored so was covered with a ...

in search of warmer weather....& olives...& Panos.
Dec 1, 2007 (39 photos)

... those concerns.     Anyway, the dishes continue to arrive,  the belly dancers perform, I learn a lot about Greece and the lives of those around the table with me...the evening is incredibly delightful and this is a great welcome to ...

Days 247-250
May 25, 2007 (10 photos)

... ...., a few club officials, Fabio Aurelio (our injured Brazilian left full-back) and a few wives and girlfriends. Our accommodation in Athens was a boat! We checked in to a moored EasyCruise ship (thanks Stelios) and had a drink in the bar. Prinz got ...

Greece is the word...
Oct 5, 2003 (8 photos)

... ), but what would a trip around the world be if you didn't see the Acropolis? So we ignored the guidebooks which told us Athens is just a sprawling mess, brought out our credit cards and booked two night and a day in Athens. Just enough time to hit the ...

Cough Cough.
Sep 1, 2002 (1 photos)

On arrival into Athens I was feeling quite sick. Anita and I went to our hotel in the hopes they would let us check in early, but as no one had vacated yet they let us, but we had to wait an hour. We went across to the main park and sat in a nice little ...

History, shopping and food - this is the life...
Sep 2, 2005 (7 photos)

Since i last wrote, so much has happened. Athens has been fantastic. After the first full day and we've walked around the city lots more times. We went to the National Archilogical Museum. This was very interesting but not as big as i thought it would ...

Athens: all the classics
Apr 20, 2006 (39 photos)

... you really should devote half a day to it, refreshed so you can walk, enjoy and take everything in. So that was Athens - somewhere I never really had a great desire to visit but in which I had a good time all the same. With much good fortune I ...