Antonios Olympia

... That&#8217;s where all the good stuff from the Altis is. All of the statues, the pots, the carvings, and various other artifacts and art. Seems as though tour busses are on a strict schedule and there&#8217;s not enough time to go to the museum. Consequently, we were the only ones, and were followed around by puppy-dog-like staff members who were bored. <br><br>Hard to believe that a ...

... surrounding the Windy Ridge area. <br><br>After leaving Windy Ridge, we decided to drive to Mount Rainier. We arrived at the park entrance about 4:30 and got to the Paradise Visitors Center about 5:00. We looked around and thought to ourselves, "where is the mountain" because it was socked in by clouds. I was going to be real disappointed if we had driven that far and did not ...

... us that July and August will be crowded.<br><br>Finally, in all areas outside of Athens the sewer systems are quite primitive. As a result, they ask you not to put toilet paper or anything else in the toilet. They supply a covered disposal bin beside the toilet, and this is where you are suppose to place your used toilet paper. Yes, this seems to be a rather disgusting concept and one that they are apparently working to fix by using European Union money to improve the sewer systems.<br><br>

... br>From this point we ventured to Tolo where we stayed for the night. This city was fairly close to Nafplio where we would go the next morning. This is where I would scrape my knee (where there is a scar now) and get attacked my mosquitos. In one nights time I got 23 bites on one half of my face (probably happened when I was sleeping, and thus the reason for only one half). Overall good experience though--we got to go to the beach and the pool and relax. <br><br>Next stop: Nafplio

... for a child. Nothing. Nothing in this world can break this bond. It was a sight that made me miss my mum so dearly. I had sent her a postcard yesterday when I was at Epidaurus. I wanted to tell her everything I saw, have her feel the same excitement as I felt, see the same things I saw. I wished she was here with me. I wished she was still here with me.

... specificna. Stolpnice so bolj starinskega tipa, hise so pa vse identicne, ozke dvonadrstropne, ki se med seboj locijo le po barvi. Hise so barvane z zivimi barvami, kar daje mestu se poseben car. Samo mesto je zelo hribovito, tako da sva si posteno utrdila meca. Ravno zaradi tega so v San Franciscu uvedli tramvaj, katerega po hribovitem terenu vlecejo podzemni kabli. Ce stopis na glavnih postajah, je potrebno tramvaj placati, lahko pa nanj ...

... water was surprisingly warm and we had an awesome time. Then, the next day I did atcually make it to the museum, and they had this exhibit calle Theatre de la Mode, which was the '44 couture show in Paris, and because it was right after WW2, there was ashortage on fabric and such sot hey made allt he couture clothes for 90 cm mannequins, and they had allt he accessories done too. tehy then had artists ...

... We made it through fine and phoned the car rental straight away, they were fine but wouldn't insure us as they had to see the car again, so in the end we had to drive all the way back to Seattle with no insurance, but hey, we hit nothing and all is well. That would have been one violation notice we really didn't want to collect..... Seattle was quite a nice place to be. As expected loads of coffee houses and a really nice farmers market for some fresh grub. We ...

... travelling Nurse friend Leslie is also meeting up with us in Chiang Mai on the 5th or 6th. From there who knows we may go into Cambodia or not...options options! Nevertheless the plan is to head south to the islands for the majority of the trip. Lots of diving, climbing, and drinking!! oh and that "culture" stuff that i told you about. I couldn't leave this first entry without saying a quote from some guy who travelled a lot. And plus its an ode to ...

... 22 Oct, Saturday Start point: Zaritsi Bay, near Paralia Tyrou End point: Agh. Anargyri Via: Odom(Km): 81.40 Moving(hrs.mim): 6.27 Ave(Km/h): 12.6 Total Ascent(m): 1628 Max Altitude(m) 1205 Max Speed(Km/h): 53.6 Followed the coast road for yet more superb views then headed inland to cross a ridge of mountains . On the way up the road snaked its way to a height ...