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Visiting St. Nektarios Monastery in Aegina
... the timetables at the bus station in Aegina town. At the various bus stops along the routes you don't find timetables. Tickets can be bought at the main bus station and on the bus.
Aegina town - Kipseli - Vathi - Souvala - Agii - Vagia
return route: Vagia - Agii - Souvala - Vathi - Kipseli - Aegina town.
Route 2a (30 minutes)
Aegina town - Agios Nektarios - Mesagros - ...
Welcome to Athina
... from sleep deprivation (jet lag), we headed back to the hotel for a nap, which Knox turned into "bed" as he slept on through "Il Trovatore" at the Herodus Atticus Odeon (I DID go, but only for the first two acts), built in 125AD by Herod (not THAT Herod) in honor of his wife. As I told Knox later when he asked how it was, it was ok, but not the same without him (although my guess is that we would have left after two acts as well). I'm sure he didn't mind missing ...
Mythology comes alive!
... graffiti except in Poland. While we continue our drive to the Acropolis, Theodora tells us 4.5 million people live in Athens, out of the 11 million people who live in Greece. Greece is comprised of 1500 islands of which only 157 islands are inhabited. Ninety-eight percent of the population is Greek Orthodox, with the remaining 2% mostly Catholic. Average salary is around 600 Euros ($780 US) per month. As we get closer to the Acropolis and the City ...
Off to Greece!
... in the airport since it was already 8pm (2 hours ahead of Ireland) and hopped on the blue metro for 15 stops before switching to the red line for 3 more stops. When we exited into a traffic circle and walked around until we found our street, then it was about 200 meters to our hotel where we finally met up with Chelsea who arrived earlier in the afternoon. We spent the night discussing plans for tomorrow, catching up, and watching Greek television. ...
Day 6 First day with friends.
Day 6
Well this holiday is starting to become one of the best ones this year. Our family has decided to join up with the Romes family we met them yesterday and they are really nice and just like us. We walked the sacred way to the Temple of Apollo dating from the 4th century. Apparently it was here that every four years athletes competed in the Pythaian games. We then have a look at the ...
Amenities
- Restaurant
- Swimming pool
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Wheelchair accessibility