Anita Hotel Piraeus

... we get a taxi. He ordered one on the spot. <br><br>http://www.savoyhotel.gr <br><br>After our toast, we set out on foot to explore the nearby area. We walked toward the port, passed an ancient amphitheater, and visited the Archeological Museum of Piraeus. Highlights of the museum included statues of Athena, Artemis, and the Piraeus koúros of Apollo.<br><br>On our way back to the hotel we purchased bus tickets for the ...

... frothy and then poured into a tall glass. It is very strong in its taste of coffee and is served everywhere as the main breakfast drink as well as an afternoon snack drink.<br><br>In smaller towns of the mainland, most places on Crete, and some of the smaller islands you are invited to go with your server into the kitchen to see all of the fresh foods they have prepared that day. In such cases the menu is of little use because they only have what they have prepared in the kitchen. You ...

... to find a beach. After being lied to by a taxi driver who told us that the closest beach was a half hour drive and was going to take at least 10 euro to get to, we decided to not listen to him and take public transportation - for free - to the beach. It worked and my girlfriends and I enjoyed and nice free day at the beach. Finally we found a beach with sand on it (no rocks, YaY!) but the sand ...

... started to clap when the music began, her first clapping session. It was truly an amazing night. The beaches were beautiful and the food fresh and good. Greek port towns are truly amazing places. We will definitely return, perhaps for a longer time. Here are some pictures of our last days on this mediterranean odyssey.

... lacked in party, it made up for in 50-70 year olds. We gave it a couple hours, chilling out in the deck bar and hot tub, figuring the cool kids would push it all the way to the 2am check-in limit, but alas - no party or partiers. Oh well! More fun for us, and we did see a few other young couples to get to know. Also, I'm not too much of a partier myself, so a more relaxed cruise is not a bad thing. Time for bed and to sail to Delphi!

... and started our treck into a maze of streets. We stumbled across the hostel and decided to stay there as we were lost, hungry and it was dark. The location was amazing, 5 min. to Acropolis, but severely lacked in atmosphere and the orange juice was repulsive...more on that later. We only stayed a night and then found the second hostel from the book. It was called Athens backpackers and was run by abunch of Aussi's. This was an amazing hostel with a bar downstairs,free breakfast, kitchen ...

... up the moutain once you go down it my the cart lift. mum you would like it. im not game dont like heights that much. the food once a gain fantastic lucky that continental breakfast of toast (and greek cake) is free at breakfast or i could be eating way too much as we (me) tend to skip lunch and have a light sorbet and then a late dinner. doesnt get dark until about 8pm so eating late also not good. oh well on ...

Piraeus was a short train and bus ride away from Athens. It was really interesting to see Athens ports because they are so busy with ferries, huge yachts and cargo vessels. Our boat was docked right next to a mega yacht which is owned by the owner of Manchester United.

Tervehdys! Kyrie! Saavuimme eilen illalla Ateenaan 15 tunnin pitkan ja raskaan bussimatkan jalkeen (josta nukuin varmaan vain 3 tuntia =P). Antakaa kun kerron jotain albanialaisesta ajotaidosta. Kommunismi paattyi Albaniassa vasta joskus 1991, ja ennen sita kukaan ei saanut Albaniassa omistaa omaa autoa. Taten kellaan koko Albanianmaassa ei ole n.15 vuotta enempaa ajokokemusta. Voitte vain kuvitella millaista ...

After four years in Athens and despite the many travels to Macedonia, Cyprus, Egypt and Israel with extensive trips around the islands and the mainland of Greece, not only myself but the whole family had begun to accommodate itself to a notion that this was it, that this is how our life will continue. But my tenure was ending and I needed to prepare us all that we ...