Crowne Plaza Hotel - Athens City Centre

Sunday 01st March So today we went BACK to the Acropolis and it was open!! YAY! We spent the morning there checking out all the ancient Greek monuments. Seen the Temple of Athena (the goddess of victory) The Parthenon which is probably the most recognisable monument out of all of them, also went and seen the 2 theatres which held festivals, competitions etc. Its crazy to think that many of the buildings were built 6th millennium BC! Sunday afternoon we walked through the ...

... off to our apartment in downtown Athens. The metro in Athens was finished for the Olympics in 2004 and part of it is relatively new. This is the cleanest subway and subway stations we have ever been in. After getting to our stop Kim's quick map navigations had us on our way to our apartment. We checked in and were just amazed not only by how nice the apartment was but of the amazing view of the ...

... and the prices of the ferry to Kythnos, what would be our proposed first stop. Set against a back drop of grungy rundown buildings and cafes there is no shortage of ferry offices with which you can buy tickets. An inquiry within one office resulted in the painful news the cost was going to set us back Eur15 per person plus and extra Eur50 for the privilege of bringing the car. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't little surprised with the payment outlay. The car had cost us a fair whack to ...

... time we get back to the hotel and check her in. She's brought me a bottle of Russian Standard Platinum and we share a glass on the roof, the Parthenon and rocky Acropolis, all lit in soft gold against the black sky. Saturday morning it would be time to check out, cab back to the airport and rent a car. My friends at the restaurant estimated it would take us 5 hours to get to Visitas in Pelion. I'll bet I can make that more like 6 or 7.

... löö käega, vaid ikka üritavad kasvõi käte ja jalgadega end selgeks teha. Ent nagu igalpool mujalgi, on ka salakavalaid inimesi, kelle sõbralikkus on tugevas seoses sinu maksujõulisusega. Kui sa juba oled hakanud mingi kauba osas hinna suhtes kauplema, siis üldiselt on soovitav ost sooritada, vastasel juhul võid saada pahameele osaliseks. Eestlaslik aeglus ja tagasihoidlikkus ei ole kohe üldse IN, aga me ei saa ju enda loomu muuta :) Vahel tahaks lihtsalt, et oskaks või saaks end ...

Today we arrived in Pireaus to make the trek into Athens. We decided to do a tour so we were up and off the boat at 7:15 AM. Almost as bad as work! We got to the Acropolis just as it was opening, which was great because it was not crowded and it was not hot...yet! There is a new entrance from the last time I was there but there is still scaffolding on the Parthenon.. I think it is a different spot than 25 years ago but still there nonetheless.... I think it ...

... stopped for a nice Greek lunch and then walked for what seemed an eternity while Mum looked in shops... I will try to load photos another day, as this place i am in doesn't like USBs for some reason, a theme that seems to be developing in the internet 'points' of Europe... Tomorrow we are off to the Sacred grounds of Delphi and then the next day we are going to the ancient ruins at Argolis. That's all for now. Hope you are all safe and well. Ash

... Temple of Dionysus, the Roman Agora, the Temple of Zeus, etc. And the weather was perfect, a nice 72 degrees. We couldn't have asked for a better day. Now, Athens doesn't really appear to have a main downtown. The city is rather spread out, which would be expected from a city that has been growing and expanding for thousands of years. The ruins were quite impressive, but we also found the city itself very easy to navigate, fairly clean for its size, and ...

(Originally published at http://www.troysgonewalkabout.com)<br>< br>Paul and I decided that the day&#8217;s debrief should be set on the coast of southern Athens, so we got the Metro to Faliro. This was the location of numerous 2004 Olympic venues, including the hippie and slightly poofy sounding Peace and Friendship Stadium. Our first sighting of the famed Greek coastline was hardly idyllic, less than twelve months after the games the ...

... and architectural creativity. Given the importance that these buildings have in the role of human civilization, I was expecting my visit to the site to be a tremendous emotional experience. Actually, the experience is much like the Acropolis itself: a little rough around the edges, but still impressive.<br><br>We arrived at the Acropolis ticket office just after it opened. We were pretty sure that the site was open, but the staff was acting like it wasn&#8217;t open yet ...