Athenstyle

... trains and received a citation from the Athens Metro system on the way to the airport. We apparently did not buy the correct metro ticket (we bought the 4 euro instead of the 6... and will be fined 120 euro for our mistake) - was not loving Athens so much after that incident.

We headed to see the Acropolis after grabbing Huong at the airport. It was amazing, and we could not ...

*Moving forward NaturCert’s international expansion to India & South Asia.* NaturCert joined the SATTE Travel Mart 2009 which took place in New Delhi, India 23-25 April 2009 at the Pragati Maidan exhibition centre. SATTE gathers major Indian as well as selected other Asian leading hospitality groups, travel companies, tour operators and other tourism service providers in a large 3 day event. All key hospitality & travel industry players were present with impressive participations ...

So, it's the start of June and only four weeks until I leave for the big trip. For those that don't know, I'm heading to Germany to present some of my PhD research at a conference, and have managed to organise a nice seven week European holiday around it :P

Quick itinerary:
Fly Sydney-Athens via Bangkok and Dubai
Athens 4 days
Litochoro (base of Mt Olympus) 4 days
Santorini (Greek Islands) 5 days
Naples 4 days
Rome ...

... the street hawkers around we decide to find out way to the sea side. We catch the green metro out of the city centre. We end up where some of the Olympic sites are from 2004 games. We do find the seaside but no beaches. We go back a catch a tram. We bought a 1 day ticket and it is good for 24 hours on all the metro, trams, busses, etc. We catch the next tram and go along the sea side. We see the beaches and get off. It is quite warm in the sun and we head down to the ...

... As an innocent, naive North American you might think that the dotted line is there to mark out the car/truck lanes, and that is true, but it also marks the motorcycle lane, which goes up between the car/truck lanes and is used fearlessly and without hesitation. When changing lanes, don't just look for cars in the lane into which you want to go, but for two-wheeling maniacs coming up between. 6. Greeks are just impatient; they don't get real road rage ...

This was a brief technical sales trip. Didn't get to see much this time, but a later (10 day) trip allowed me to visit the Parthenon etc and get more into the local food. The trick is to find the street where the resturants are, wait until 9pm and see which ones are full. Then, next night, go there, at 8pm.

... Now wait before you go rushing to your nearest travel agent & book your next trip be warned traveling is not always meeting old friends & living the carefree life. Some days are really not easy. The day before the start of this little Odyssey of adventure I clocked over 29hrs between flights and airports. My e-ticket was wrong and caused me to miss my only chance to see a good friend for a nice day, a ...

... throwing full beer cans (open so that the beer flew everywhere) when AC Milan scored their first goal and again after the second goal. Fottball fever... there is nothing like it; and I love it! In the end AC Milan edged Liverpool 2-1. Inside the Zappeion was an art display. It was the artist's interpretation of Hesiod's "Theogony" and "Works and Days."

... my inquiry about how bad the scar would be was " I stitched you good. You won't be too ugly." Very funny. Was she joking? Amazingly, the humor, the stitches and the tetanus shot were free of charge. The cost for my accident would be that I would have a nice Frankenstein scar across my forehead as a permanent souvenir. After Crete, which was a little dissappointing, I went to Santorini in the Cycladic Islands. This island was amazing, with its black and red sand ...

... and bed. 9x15 feet, carpeted and porthole with sea view. W.C just down the corridor. In comparison with what I am used to its luxury. Everyone was frantically busy loading containers, running around with bits of paper, shouting into radios and at each other while making mobile phone calls. 12.00 was lunch break and we all sat down for a generous helping of rice, meat ...