Athens City Hotel Athens

... in resisting the carpet man. Theo from The Loom had all the patter. "I’ll be in Melbourne for Christmas" Have some of my mother’s wine” “This carpet is very unusual” (he apparently had many unusual carpets...). Theo decided that Jess and I were “eclectic” so he showed us many eclectic carpets for eclectic people like us who like eclectic things in our own eclectic way. After viewing many carpets and lots of Theo’s patter we had a ...

... the hotel and catch our bus to the airport. Delightful!

Our 8:05pm flight is delayed by about an hour, which means that I reach our hotel at about 10:30pm. My wake-up call is set for just a few hours from now, and at 4am I’ll be on my way to the airport to begin winging my way home. I pop up to our hotel’s roof for one more opportunity to soak in the beauty of the Parthenon illuminated at night, grateful for another fantastic tour accomplished.

... the bus to stop so we missed our stop. the bus had to go in another circle for us which was no problem.

we finally borded the ferry were was very nice and air conditioned. we really enjoyed it and we got lucky with the people we met on the ferry. we met a sweet family who had two little boys. they were from sacramento, CA. and they travel to san luis obispo often. the other people we met were two greek buys who helped us order a drink at the ...

... disorders; children which came communicate well and then others who cannot speak at all.

After the 16th, we will be working in the SCI office preparing for the workcamps. It looks like I will be doing three workcamps this summer; all over Greece.

The first will be in VLASTI, which is in Northern Greece. The camp begins on 1st July and goes through 15th of July. It will be setting up a music festival. The EARTH FESTIVAL is an ...

... cities has morphed into... Athens is not a city I would ever recommend to anyone... yes it does have the Acropolis and all of the surrounding ruins that make it historical and certainly interesting... yes it does sit on the coast of the Mediterranean... yes it does have a massive park that feels like stepping into a jungle... a few important museums... but it lacks the intriguing pulse and energy that large cities have... I have met a few that like Athens... maybe it is one ...

... mas com um pouco de poluição e caos como tempero nessa salada grega. Bom saber que as aulas de matemática também serviram para ...

... After our rather extended nap, we ventured in the Psiri neighborhood of Athens and had one of the best meals yet; a simple meal that consisted of Hummus and some Retsina (Greek wine) which was a perfect portion of food, that was until we found the Chocolate Cookie Crepe with ice cream down in the Monistriaki. After that we headed here to do a quick blog. We're going to try and get some rest tonight, though neither of us are all ...

... spurts out Euros as is to be expected. Thanks to the 2004 Olympics, the airport now has a rail connection with the city, and after a short session with the tourist office, we deposit ourselves on the city bound train platform. With one change of trains, we arrive at Acropolis Station at 17:45 and after a short walk up Vyronos Street hauling our suitcases behind us, we arrive at our lodging, the Hotel Phaedra. The hotel is a ...

... priced. We made a point to try new things like stuffed squid and mussels saganaki. We walked everywhere and ate with abandon. Athens Since we had heard Athens was unimpressive, we only planned to stay on our first and last night in Greece. However, despite the noise and traffic, we discovered the city is lively, yet low-key. Coming from Toronto, we appreciated that there were no tall buildings in the Acropolis and Plaka area. It was enchanting ...

Mt. Etna, Sicily, 2/2/07 As we discovered last week it is entirely possible to swim in the Mediterranean in the morning and carve sweet turns in perfect corn snow all afternoon. As we also discovered, Sicilian skiers aren't nearly as hardcore as our Bozeman friends: the steeps were virtually untouched until we arrived. If you can ...