Hotel Argo Athens

23-25 Notara str. Athens, Attica, 18531, Greece

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Strikes and ancient sites

A travel blog entry by nancydeb

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... much less spectacular set of monuments and graffiti everywhere.

The next day we did manage to get to the acropolis. I assume it was even more crowded than usual on account of the previous day's closure but it was horrible. The crowds, the scaffolding and the cranes make it a difficult place to appreciate. With time the crowds dispersed a bit and it was possible to mentally reconstruct what it might have been like. ...

New ideas, new rules...

A travel blog entry by eringreece

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... but do not rely on a store being open at any given time during the day.
4. recycling- Although there are two bins for garbage on each street, many people do not seem to recycle. At first I was very surprised by this, as I had imagined most of Europe to be ahead of the U.S. in terms of recycling. However, one important way Greeks can recycle is when they go to the supermarket. Each supermarket has a recycling program where there are several ...

What a Riot!

A travel blog entry by biruvia

... as Michael had the three main components of a good tour guide - informative, anecdotal, and witty. His energy and friendliness was just a bonus. We got way more out of this tour than we ever would have wandering the streets on our own (or one some expensive hop-on hop-off tour bus), and the mix of ancient history and history being made today was a very interesting combo. We went by the Syntagma Square where the protesters were camped and the ...

History while in Athen's

A travel blog entry by abalzer

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... br> 2. direct democracy means there are no representatives of the people, the entire population votes, excluding women, foreigners, and slaves
3. Greece has a population of approx. 11m people and 4.5m of them live in around Athens.
4. The Greek people don't make a big deal about a person's birthday but they do celebrate their "name days." Today, June 29 was St.'s Peter and Paul day and near the Acropolis crews were setting ...

GRISTMAS (Greek Christmas)

A travel blog entry by awesomed

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... the Greek man) picked me up at the train station and drove us across the city to a hip cafe/bar area of town. It was only about 9:30pm, and that's apparently too early for the Greeks to eat supper. Frankly, I wasn't hungry then either because we'd eaten all day long on the mountain. So we went to a cafe and some tea and coffee and chit chatted. We got on the subject of food and he asked me if I cooked. I laughed and said, "I'm really good ...

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