Club Hotel Casino (Mv Hb) Loutráki

I thought since I was in Greece and they are known for there many islands, I thought it was past-due for a little island hopping and some beach. So I booked a my 1-hour ferry a few days prior. <br><br>I ended up missing my morning ferry because I was trying to mail my new souvenir vase back home in one piece. The first post office I went to wouldn't take any boxes. So I had ...

Woke up this morning in our air-conditioned hostel from the squeakiest bed known to man. The mattress curved down at the knee area and the whole bed would shriek if you rolled from your back to your side. We didn't mind this so much though, the air conditioning made the room wonderful! <br><br>The ferry ride took about 35 minutes and we were on a hyrdofoil boat. The boat basically had a wing under water that allowed the front end of the boat to be pushed out of the water and "fly" above ...

... part of traveling through -- the total silence of the passengers.<br><br> <br><br>

... had needed to go to the city center (which we didn't), we got off the bus too soon at an accidental random stop anyways that left us in a fairly empty run down part of town. Now all we could do is wander around until we found the bus station, and after asking some firemen and shop owners with broken English, we found a little bus station. We took a local bus to the big canal in Corinth. It's a huge canal built in the late 1800s that connects the ...

... there are a huge amount of other ruins as it was a temple of healing. The theatre is definitely the highlight though; it was a bit smaller than I thought on first sight but got bigger as we climbed up, and the famed acoustics definitely work. Someone burst into snatches of opera from the stage, producing applause from all round, and we also had fun playing with the scenery from an upcoming play; fibreglass rocks!<br><br>Ruined out, we headed off for a local ...

... lesson From as early as 3000 BC, the island developed as a sophisticated outpost of Minoan civilization, until sometime between 1647 and 1628 BC, when catastrophe struck: the volcano-island erupted, its heart sank below the sea, leaving a crater (caldera) 10km in diameter, and earthquakes reverberated across the Aegean. Thíra was destroyed and the great Minoan civilization on Crete was dealt a severe blow. At this point, the island's history became linked with ...

... it her "Shirley Valentine Island" although she is not yet looking for a job as a waitress ! On Saturday night we witnessed a Greek Wedding. About 200 people turned up by ferry in the evening and had 2 ferries going all afternoon and evening. Towards the end it was like watching one of those 1960s films about how many people you can get into a mini! The last couple of wee ferries (no more than 20ft long) came in and it seemed that about 50 got off each, all looking ...

... comes back, an hour later, stays five minutes, then announces his intention to use the internet. We don´t see him again until the ship docks, a full 8 hours after it departed, and he´s looking a bit grey. I sat there thinking, ****, he really hates these Kiwis. But no, poor old James was as crook as a dog (the sea was a tad choppy), spent the entire evening in the toilet and managed 4 barks before he returned to us.

... flash. Once is herded through and not really able to see the beauty of the things which have been saved. There are some spots where, just for a moment, one can tell that these are ancient sacred stones, but then another photographer steps in front of you and the moment is lost. On par I'd say that the current desecration and I do call it that, of the Acropolis, is very close to the desecration conducted by Lord Elgin in the early 1800s. I am glad I went but ...

... but we just couldn't figure it out. The driver looked for help from anyone - from another cabbie, from a man walking on the street, he even called the hotel on his cell phone. Finally, we made it to the hotel. After 15 minutes driving around the area, I was bracing for the ridiculous fare this guy was going to lay on me...EUR 3. I couldn't believe it, EUR 3. Because the man was so helpful, I gave him a EUR 2 tip. I thought that was fair since he was so helpful. Based on his ...