Amaryllis Inn Athens

*Moving forward NaturCert’s international expansion to Europe & Latin America.* NaturCert joined for the first time the EIBTM, the Global Meetings & Incentives exhibition. EIBTM attracted a record total attendance last year of over 8,100, is upbeat for this year’s event which took place from December 1-3. With over 3,300 exhibiting companies representing 92 countries, more than 30 education sessions and five official networking events ...

... nice breeze with the temp around 75 degrees.

No pictures to send as they take about 5 minutes to upload per image at $.55 a minute on this Slowski system we have on the ship.

We are on our way to Mikinos tonight.


Davo and Janet

... ATVs we went on the internet to check some stuff out for our travels after greece. the internet was not that great so we didnt really get much done. we headed over to the beach where we went the day before and saw our friends they greeted us and we laid on our stomachs to get some sun on our backs. not the best idea to go in the sun again but i was only in santorini two days so i had to soak in all the sun i could..you know! a little burn here and ...

... the complex. I saw the pool where so many records
fell and medals were awarded, the dive tank, and a few other
pavilions. Most of them were indoors though, so I could only see the
outside. After having lunch looking at the Olympic Stadium, I went
for a walk and circled it, before heading back the city center. The
difference between the two stadiums is incredible. If that's only
been a hundred years, what's going to happen in the next 100 years?

After the ...

... can't argue with euro beers. our hostel had a fun pub night and then we started a pub crawl. this is the best part - we had our own entourage. so as there were cats all over israel and turkey, here they have dogs. i don't think they're stray, but they're all over and seem to prefer to be outdoors wandering rather than in their respectives houses. our hostel has, or has adopted, about 6 dogs, all over whom are ...

... right in the ruins and being able to investigate what they have to offer from very close up. Perhaps the barriers were due to the construction and restoration going on at this time. The Parthenon was covered in scaffolding and it was difficult to see through the metal and get a really good vision of the beauty of the ancient temple. We tried to get pictures on the other side of the Parthenon, but it was not possible to fully omit the ...

... about Bangkok airport was it looked like a sterile hospital or prison. The walls and floors were so stark white, and there was lots of stainless steel. And the most uncomfortable seats ever. Luckily i only had to be there for less than an hour! We got into Athens at 7am local time, just as the sun had gotten up and was making a haze over the islands that we passed over. Athens customs involves 1 man standing next to a stainless steel bench waving us through. Definately not like home ...

... to! We were in heaven. I don't think room service has ever tasted as good as the night they arrived, when we sat around and swapped stories of our travels and the Mediterranean cruise they had just finished. The next day, we took a private tour of the city, with the most awesome tour guide, Peter. We saw all the usual suspects - the Acropolis, Temple of Olympian Zeus, the Panathenaic Stadium, and Lykavittos Hill. We enjoyed the day, but I don't think any of us were particularly ...

... still being held, but once we made it there, we realized the road continued along, and really did seem to head up! Yay! We passed the Theatre of Dionysis which was REALLY cool - just as I had always pictured a traditional Greek amphitheatre to be! It was so incredible to think that this was built thousands of years ago, and people used to come and sit on THOSE steps to see performances. So neat! Anyways, we started to see more tourists, and then we rounded the corner to ...

... they have and how good of condition it is in, however, nothing in the museum could hold a candle to anything in the Egyptian museum. That being said, the Greek museum was MUCH better organized (you know, they had like signs with descriptions). Tonight, we are supposed to go to a futbol game (crossing fingers in hopes that it is not sold out). Will post again tomorrow from the island of Rhodes!