Acropole Hotel Piraeus

... into the Savoy Hotel, we huddled in our room and had our first sunset toast--to a safe flight, a good landing, and to a new adventure with good friends--Yamas!! <br><br>&#937; Yamas - "to our health!"<br><br>The Savoy Hotel was perfect for our needs.The desk staff were personable and quite efficient. Although the website stated that it was within walking distance to the port and it was &#8211; the desk clerk advised ...

... wine with every meal except breakfast. It is a staple item at any lunch and dinner table.<br><br>Greeks don&#8217;t start their days very early and breakfast is something served around 10 or 11am. Lunch is around 2pm and last for two hours and dinner is 9pm or later and last three hours.<br><br>For many Greeks, breakfast consists of a cold &#8220;frappe&#8221;. Frappe is a strange but tasty concoction of ice, milk, sugar, and a lot of Nescafe instant coffee. It is blended until it ...

... We were all exhausted after that and ready for our next day. The third day I took a tour of the Soronic Islands, each one was more beautiful that the previous one. The buildings were old and beautiful, the water was crystal clear, and the ice cream was delicious. That took up the whole day, and after being in the sun all day, I just needed sleep. The last day was kind of a lazy day and we just ...

Main port of Greece. Drove through the city of Athens passing famous sites such as the Temple of Zues, Parliament bldg or formerly the Royal Palace & the Panathinion stadium. Highlight of the tour is the Acropolis. We had to walk a winding pathway aprox 150 steps. On top of the hill is the Propylae entrance, the Erechteion, the temple of Nike and the Parthenon.

After a brief but fun stay in Athens, we leave for the United States tomorrow. . Naxos was fantastic. The town of Naxos where we stayed is dominated by an old castle surrounded by narrow alleyways and ruins, as well as trendy shops. On our last night we visited the Olive Tree, a Greek-style cafe for some live music ...

... from home. Off the boat to dinner, we couldn't resist the Chinese restaraunt. Mediocre chinese food is the same all over the world! But it was a nice change of pace. Then it was back to the boat to wait for the party to start! This cruise caters to the young, budget-traveling party set and we'd heard all about the epic bon voyage dock party. However, it soon came to our attention that the boat was surprisingly empty. And what ...

The flight to Athens was problem free and on the metro ride into the city we met a really nice couple. The woman gave us info about the city and even wrote down her home, work and husbands cell phone number in case any problems arose. They brought us to a decent hotel where we used their internet to find a place more in our price range. We were under the impression that Greece would be an incredibly friendly place...boy were we wrong. We decided on the closest hostel from the loney planet ...

in santorini this place is very beautiful wish that i could say more about the boat ride got a bit rough and i could have punched dave saying that it is all in my mind - yer right i wish i can change my mind not my stomach. the place is gorgeous over looking the clifts onto the water and at night the whole place lights up. town is only a ten minute walk but i have to watch out for the donkey dunn. they have donkey ...

... concluded our tour so we headed back to Athens and our hotel. No rest for the wicked as we were leaving early next morning for Santorini so walking shoes on and off to see the changing of the guard at Parliament house, photos and the off to view the Olympic stadium for more picture, down to Zeus's Temple and Hadrians Arch and back to the roof top for sunset over the Acropolis. What a full 4 days, now for some well earned rest.

... more about Athens?? Busy, Dirty, Crazy Crazy drivers (who don't really care if there is a read stop light!)... The Acropolis and the Temple of Zeus were amazing. The original Olympic Stadium was pretty breathtaking too. But always the people are most interesting to me - like the crazy New Zealander with a Scottish accent who was staying in our room - but came back drunk and was telling us some crazy things about which island we should go to!!!