Dimitra Palace Hotel Macedonia Region

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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... every one. The walk down was equally as hard as the steps have been polished by 1000 years of passage. We explored the tiny streets, only wide enough for walking and donkeys and were rewarded with some amazing gelato icecream. (It may be the downfall of us all when we reach Italy)
Next, we traveled back north near the town of Argos where the Mycenean civilization flourished 1600-1000 BCE. It is an amazing place and we essentially had it to ourselves. The Greek sites are all ...

... 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 ...

... in Rhodes. I spent my time in Rhodes getting lost in Old Town, relaxing on another beach, and at Trinton Holiday agency where it took some time booking my next hotel in Kos but I was rewarded with some great service from the workers there. After a short ferry to Kos, I arrive at the hotel and began my stay in Kos Town. I rented a bike one of the days and peddled around island (it ıs described as a smaller version of Rhodes ...

... From Wikipedia: The name of the athletic long-distance endurance race, the "marathon", comes from the legend of Pheidippides, a Greek soldier, who was sent from the town of Marathon to Athens to announce that the Persians had been miraculously defeated in the Battle of Marathon in 490BC. According to Herodotus, the Greeks were outnumbered 100,000 to 11,000 and won thanks to the military genius of Miltiades. It is said that he ...

... Hydra was one of most beautiful island amongst the three. Finally, Aegina - the place where pistachios were grown. Their pistachios, unlike the ones we get at home, are more sour in taste and tinier in size. It was in Aegina that we got the 2nd chance to taste ouzo again with ...

... BC. The Romans only rebuilt the city a century later. We were told that earthquakes and centuries of pillage had left little standing of Ancient Corinth except remnants of once grand buildings. Though narrow, the canal was supposedly just wide enough for a cruise ship to pass. Unfortunately, we were not one of the fortunate few to be on a cruise across the canal that day ...

Euböa ist mit einer flache von 3.772,9 km 2 und einer Bevölkerung von 215.316 Einwobnern die zweit größte griechische Insel. Sie hat eine Gesamtküstenlänge von 678 km und ist etwa 175 km lang und 8 bis 50 km breit. Zum Verwaltungsbezirk Euböa gehört auch die Insel Skyros, ein Kleiner Teil des Festandes sowie eine große Anzahl von Felseninseln. Eböa ist die Insel der Vielfalt und der Überraschungen. Der n ...

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 !