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Day 4 my first swim in greece.

Day 4

Well well well. another exciting day in busy Athens. Today we are taking a dive across the Mountains of Arcadia to ancient Olympia. Olympia is connected to many gods and myths. We started to learn all these interesting facts about Olympia and I found out that the first Olympic games were held there in 776 BC. Mum and Dad didn't want …

Home Sweet Home

Ankunft: 29.04.2011 08:00 Uhr Athen
Abflug: 29.04.2011 15:05 Uhr Athen (-> Wien -> Frankfurt am Main)

29.04.2011...(Letzter Tag!)

Der letzte Tag ist gekommen. Wir wissen nicht so recht ob wir weinen oder lachen sollen. Die drei Monate waren für uns beide die spannendste Zeit unseres Lebens, und wir möchten eigentlich …

Blech

So, today kind of blows, just so you know. Laura and Lucy had to catch a flıght at 7 so they left long before us. Ours was at 10.30. We got to the airport around 9 and waited in some crazy lines. You can catch flights from tiny Santorini to just about anywhere, which makes their tiny airport a complete cluster****. As we'd missed breakfast, …

More Repairs - is it REALLY Possible?!?

Before the boat leaves for Turkey, Brian wants the bikes in ‘tip top’ shape. Worried about the lack of good cycle shops in Greece (not that we’ve found many in our travels in any country), he things that it may be even more scarce in Turkey. And with another bag breaking yesterday, we need proper gear or our bikes are being …

Athens. Taxi-tour around the city with Simos

In the beginning of our holiday we had two days in Athens, one of which we were simply wandering around the city centre having coffee and window-shopping, as most of the shops were closed on the day of the Holy Trinity, and the other day was devoted to sight-seeing. I didn't know that when booking a tour, but on that day admission to all sights was …

Day 39 - Contiki - Day 6. Athens.

So it is now over, I can't believe that such a wonderful week has come to an end. I have so enjoyed myself, more than I thought I would that is for sure. We got a wake up call at 6am this morning, which was not a good thing, when I only got to bed at 2am, but we have to disembark for the last time. We got our bus back to the square in central …

The City of Gods and Goddesses

After a seven hour train trip that was lightyears away in terms of comfort from the last train I had been on (I got a seat and a tray table!) I got into Athens at about midnight, and still suffering from go-where-the-wind-blows-me syndrome, with nowhere to stay. I went with a brit couple to the nearest hostel to Larissa station, which unfortunately …

Around Athens

Today, we checked out the Parthenon at the Acropolis in Athens despite high winds. Cool facts about its architecture. The architects "corrected" for optical illusions in several ways:

• The columns are thicker in the center to correct for appearing to the human eye to have an hourglass shape


• The columns lean slightly inward …