Avaris hotel Central Greece

HERE IS THE END OF MY SUMMER DESTINATIONS 2009 Blog.

I can admit, I went to more places than I expected. It was fun each time, and I really need to stay a bit at home now before my next trip. Again the coming trip comes sooner than I expected it to be.

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... the empire, Constantine the XI was crowned here in 1449 before the fall to the Ottomans in 1453. The churches have intact frescos and the 3 walls keep out the invading barbarians.
Our next town was another mideval seaside village Monemvasia. It is a walled village with 26 churchs and only 8 inhabitants. It sits on a island which became seperated from the mainland in the earthquakes of 345 CE and is connected only by a narrow causeway. This makes it especially protected from invaders ...

... ice cream cone and another gyro, and called it an early night. The following day, I was planning on taking a longer trip to visit Mystra, one of the best-preserved Byzantine sites in the Peloponnese. But after chatting with a Brazilian guy on the bus to Mycanae, I found out that he'd just been there and most of the site was closed for restoration, so I decided to postpone my visit there until my next trip to Greece (which means I have to come back ...

... part of the island, took the wrong bus stop and had an interesting conversation with a woman who helped me contact the pension for pickup. Michael, the owner of the pension, was great. He spent the ride to his place telling me about his favorite soccer players and how he so much enjoys German soccer (because the play hard). My short stay in Syros was spent relaxing on the nearby beach and drinking and eating with Michael and some of ...

... the entire distance without stopping, but moments after proclaiming his message "Nenikekamen" ("We were Victorious!") to the city he collapsed dead from exhaustion. The account of the run from Marathon to Athens first appears in Plutarch's On the Glory of Athens in the 1st century AD. I walked around Marathon, population 9000, but it was a ghost town. Most stores were closed and had siesta hours so visiting mid-afternoon wasn't ...

... new found Brazilian friends - Paul and Rachel. We only realised that we have met each other before in Poros after a chat over food. A pack of seagulls sent us back to Athens...there were so many of them... the people on the ship just kept feeding them... it was a sight indeed!

... was at the souvenir shop that I first got to know Uncle Warren. A great jolly fellow he is! We were tickled by his little witty outbursts on the bus. Our next stop was the Epidaurus Theatre. We were in awe. The theatres I only peered at in pictures! It reminded me of the Coloseum in Rome though of course, the purpose of the theatre was quite different. The Sanctuary of ...

... seiner heißen, heilenden Quellen bekannt war. In den Volkskundliche Kultur. Die eubösche Natur kombiniert idealerweise Berg and Meer. In vielen säubern Stränden reichen den Besuch der Dörfer entdeckt man die volkskundliche kultur. Die euböische Natr kombiniert idealerweise Berg und Meer. In vielen säubern Stränden reichen die Fichtenbäume bis zum Meer and spenden angenehmen Schatten. Größere offene Strände ...

The Persians landed at Marathon in 490 BC with the intent of annexing Attica. However, the Athenians and a small contigent of Paltaians where victorious and defeated the Persians. The tumulus of the Athenians remains as well as Miltiades' victory column (well, the column is a ...

We took many photos of the boat at that stage, since there's not much to see or do in Kimi in mid-september, let's be honnest. A few are displayed here, among others you will appreciate the original 1964 life raft, one we're happy we didn't have to use ;-) (we were close twice though). Also, I remember we had a party that night and I still excpect your pictures, Tony ! No censorship accepted !