Amaryllis Athens

After a day in Athens, I was sitting in the hot tub at the top of the ship, sun setting to the west, cold vodka tonic in my hand as the ship was pulling out of the harbor...what a day and feeling good. We are having a fabulous time. The weather has been ...

ok so we woke up early to use the ATV for another hour or so before we had to use it as our luggage transportation. we rode around to all the different restaurants and bars along the beach that we would not normally do because we would be walking for a long time. it is a long stretch of restaurants and bars along the beach we stayed at the day before. it was nice and cool in the morning so riding the ATVs were fun.

when we returned the luggage ...

... the Greek language. I also saw a Hermes
road marker, the bronze statue of either Zeus or Poseidon (what a
masterpiece), the lying Hermaphrodite statue, and a whole host of
other statues and pottery. It was just amazing. I really enjoyed it.
I recommend it to anyone.

After the museum I got on the metro and
went to the new Olympic Stadium. I was disappointed that I couldn't
go inside the main Olympic Stadium, but I got a nice view of it, and
I could walk ...

I went with all of the students in the London program to Greece for our educational field trip! We spent four days in Athens, seeing all of the famous historic sites like the Parthenon and the Acropolis. We also took day trips to placse like Corinth and Delphi. Afterwards we went on a three-day cruise to the Greek isles (beautiful Mykonos and Santorini) and to Ephesus, Turkey! I learned a lot about Greek culture and even picked up a few Greek words.

... plaque at the bottom of them. Some went back all the way to 235 BC. We continued our way up eager to see the Parthenon. When we turned a corner and looked up, stairs led us farther upwards towards tall pillars that we would then walk through. All, or most of the walkways we marked and nearly 100% of the ruins were roped off - nobody was allowed to walk amongst them or through them. This was very different for us as we have been used to ...

... my plan wasnt to sleep until after boarding my connection from Bangkok, I was way too tired to keep my eyes open and slept on and off for about 2 hours. Bangkok airport was huge! and they parked my connecting flight on the other side of the airport so i had around a 15 to 20 minute walk from one gate to the other. There are sooo many duty-free shops along the way, including designers like Channel. And although it was almost midnight, the airport was packed. The one thing that i didnt ...

... br>
The Acropolis was spectacularly lit at night, and the one nice thing about our fairly ****** hotel was that it had a roof terrace overlooking the Acropolis.

Ancient Delphi was an eerie, mystical place set high on the mountainside, next to a deep valley gorge. It would have been a better tour if our guide had been worth anything. After 80+ years, she could no longer get excited about showing guests the best parts of her country, and we knew it was time for her to retire.

She says: Many travelers with whom we've spoken find Athens to be the lowlight of their time in Greece. We had a great time there, but I'm pretty sure this had more to do with meeting up with my parents than with the city itself. Under the pretext of celebrating my birthday, they put us up in their (very nice) hotel, and took us out for dinner at a swanky restaurant, with a view of the Acropolis from our table. A little different from the style of traveling that we've grown ...

... in which Greek girls "of age" would be dropped into and had to bring some sort of "secret" item....didn't really understand that sign, but it was cool none the less. I was getting a little worried though, as the road wandered along without many other tourists. We finally came to a fork in the road with another little security booth - there we asked "up?", and the lady pointed to the right fork in the road, which looked like it led directly to a fenced off area where excavations ...

... of the acropolis. They are GORGEOUS at night! They are lit so softly that they look like they are glowing beacons over the city. As I was walking around last night, I kept sneaking peaks up at the Acropolis, because it just cuts against the night and looks pretty sweet (that's an architectural term). I went to the archaeological museum, which was pretty good. It is staggering how much ...