Soph & Chris Northern Backpackers Athens

... Major adventure number two started when we arrived in the Athens airport at 3am and decided to find our hotel. This all started with a 40 min bus ride that dropped us off in the middle of a square where we then found a taxi. The driver spoke very little English, totally ripped us off, was lost himself and almost dropped us in some dark side street. Thankfully we ended up finding it and now 4 am and off to bed. Woke up to a frenzy of people on the ...

... around the city, but the Acropolis hill is the center piece. All the major ruins and historic structures are either on the Acropolis or surrounding it. The original Greek city and later Roman development are within walking distance of the hill. An unexpected benefit of the tour was a visit to the old Olympic stadium. Built in the late 1800's to host the first "modern ...

... to charge so much, idiot) "Are you a student?" "Yes, yes I am" I smiled (I got into the Roman forum by claiming to be a student once.) "What country?" "UK" "What university?" Oh bollocks "Staffordshire University" I replied, unoriginally thinking of the University in my home county- I really should have said Oxford. "I take history" (I've only been to Staffordshire university once, and that was to get really drunk with my good friend Povey. Still, she seemed to be ...

... and I contemplated the many many miles of trees, mostly of which are olive and thought about how if I did it right no one would find the body, and then we accidentally hitchhiked. I know, I know. Believe me, when they pulled over I pulled out the biggest bottle of water I had ready to try and brain someone if needs be and then run for it. But it was a family with a little girl of Italians who were also on their way to the site. So they gave us a lift, and then they offered us a ride ...

... station where ''a city by the coast, the name may or may not start with an A" was. We got Nettuno. It was actually a nice city, but not what everyone was telling us about. We walked along the beach and saw crabs crawling around. There was a little fair going on at the boardwalk. That's about it for Nettuno. Yesterday, our last day in Rome, we actually made it to the Vatican. We've been saying we're going to go the entire time we were there, but ...

... at it; when it was complete, they removed everything from the space and attempted to offload it but Customs rejected it and they put it back into the room so we still couldn't get in there to start setting up the LRC. This happened several times: off the ship; customs rejections, back in the room. Finally the space was cleared out and the changes could begin. The sales ...

Tuesday 12th June, 2007 Today was a chilling day - I love being on holiday we can wake up and decide 'hey you know what today lets do nothing' and that is what we did. We took a stroll into the village and went to a few shops here and there, we brought a whole fresh fish from a little old lady in a fish shop and then off to get some fresh veggies for dinner and that was pretty much it. Other than usual morning routine of ...

... two ladies that took a year to travel the world. They were ten months into it and had been to many places we were planning to visit. We bounced question after question off of them as I prepared dinner for all of us. Soon Sarah and Jeff arrived and we started with the local delicacy of stuffed grape leaves. These were excellent and three people asked me were I found these. They were all surprised to hear they were from a can that I found at the grocery strore. All I did ...

Well, my opinion of Athens is the same as countless travellers before me - nothing too special. The city is a sharp contrast to the Middle East - prices marked (and high), alcohol freely available and Americans everywhere. I stopped by McDonald's after arriving in Athens at 6:30AM to find that I could "upsize" my combo to include Heineken instead of soda or coffee for only 0.40 Euro. Love it. <br><br>My hostel is ...

... Mitropoleos in order to get his bearings and stare at the address on the card. Finally, he started driving west on Mitropoleos. We started cheering when he made it past the cathedral. Emboldened by our enthusiasm, he sped up along the street. We yelled out &#8220;here&#8221; when he got to the north/south street that would lead us to the Hotel Adrian from Mitropoleos. Even though the sign said that it was a one way street, he drove up it the wrong way and put us at the door ...