Faros Aegina

... them to hang my water bottle off my purse or belt loop, and sometimes to hook two of my bags together. I bought two cheapie plastic ones, and they disintegrated pretty much immediately. I wish I had spent more money to get good metal ones. c. Steel cable and padlock. I read travel horror stories about airport thieves grabbing one bag while you bend over to retrieve your second bag from the luggage carousel. And other thieves who will take advantage of your jet lag to yank your ...

... up brining us a whole new bike.  After winding up one more hill we had a nice long ride down hill back to Scala.  It was a LOT of fun.  The long day of biking really took a lot out of us so of COURSE we took a nice little siesta before dinner.  We ate at another taverna with cats and then hung out in the hotel for a while and went to bed. Our last day in Agistri was a little chilly for beaching so we went to the place where we did Kareokee and had some ...

... Olympic stadium and coastline to the West, it was definitely worth the hike. Having done pretty much all the sites in Athens and a bit knackered from all the walking and the heat we had an afternoon siesta, waking up in time for happy hour at the backpackers on the rooftop bar. It was a nice view of the Acropolis from the top and the cheap drinks didn't hurt either, so we had a few scoops before heading of for dinner to the place we had intended to go the previous night ...

... down to the bottom in time to get gas. A quick beach stop and we are off to see Oia (ee-ah) which was unreal! Lunch is taken at a restaurant with epic views and we steal a post-lunch swim in a boutique hotel's pool and walk around the cutest town of all time potentially. The views over the caldera are stunning from every angle. Boutari wineries provides a great venue to get a little tipsy as we try some local ...

... was really not much to see here so we not spend too much time but it was interesting thinking about how this was where Pericles gave his famous funeral oration. Supposedly Plato's Academy, the first university, was also located near here but has so far not been found. From Kerameikos it was on to the Ancient Agora and the Roman Agora. The main part of the Ancient Agora was closed off because of mud and leftover ice so we were ...

... is at a small restaurant tucked into the back streets of the harbour town, recommended by Angelo, where we have a fantastic meal - the chef serves very creative and very yummy Greek cuisine. Then its back to the yacht for our first night on board in our little cabins.- including using our tiny ensuite bathrooms (and I do mean tiny! You wouldn't want to be any fatter than we are or you'd never get in them, let alone get the door closed.....

... the one night I was in Athens, I figure I have already seen more than before! As an aside, the hamam last night was so crowded we could ************* the center marble slab. The scrub and rub and massage was done with such nonchalance I probably should have just done a self-service clean and scrub. The interior of the room was a light pink with a large central dome punctuated as before with small ...

... waters edge. As we looked a mile down the jetty, Geri in her dismay realized just how long of a walk this was going to be in her spring loaded shoes to protect her knees, to then proclaim, "I am not walking all the way to the end" and then "splat" on the ground in front of us instantly is Geri on the rough cement with meatloaf images on her hand and knees, blood is oozing. And what do we all say immediately? Be careful what you ...

... clothes on, how to drink a little too much shooters of Haraki, how to drive motorcycle on a ground road to end in a terrific lagoon, how to eat all the delicious local meals, and how to meet very nice other people. Hopefully for us, the sailing boats were unsinkable....