Hotel Anemoni Piraeus

... port was really bustling. Fortunately our driver let us off near our ferry. The crew was at the door and we quickly boarded. The ferries are rather large (at least in our view). <br><br>There are two classes on the ferry. The price difference makes the 2nd class more attractive &#8211; but be aware you&#8217;ll have to find your own seat, which in our case was at a table shared with a delightful couple from England ...

... and that would cue them to bring you the &#8220;dessert&#8221;. Then you would ask for the check the second time, and that would cue them to bring the liquor shots. Then you would ask for the check for the third time and that would cue them to clear the dirty plates and bring coffee. Then you would ask for the check the fourth time and you would eventually get it. As mentioned, it was a process repeated on nearly every small town and island we visited and always involved these steps over about an hour.

... lost most of the capacity for native-fluency language acquisition we had in childhood is robbing us of global competitiveness) so she speaks impeccably, but it's our lazy slang mouths that flummox international communication. We talked about the difference between opening a can of worms and opening a can of whup ass, what it means to be no spring chicken, and why one wanted to be a party animal but not a party girl.

... beautiful, and because the water is so salty, I was able to put my hands behind my head and just float in the water for an hour to relax without actually sinking! Bobby and I rented a cabana chair and then I signed up for both a wakeboarding ride ($25 euro a half hour) and a windsurfing lesson ($35 euro an hour). The wakeboarding was a good time (think snowboarding on water), but it was over way too fast and I didn't really get a chance to try to get some air off the ...

... for one thing. And that's my two cents, which you can get in proper coins in EU countries. Making them possibly the most pointless coins I have ever seen in my life. I think Greece has taken about 5 years off my life. Isn't that what smoking does? Takes 5 years off your life? I seem to remember a QI episode in which they said that a man could regain these 5 years if he became a castrato, due to the effects of testosterone. I remember there not being many ...

... Meenee joined us in exploring the museum. Harita and I met recently on an Internet list devoting to discussing ancient Greek writers and texts. She kindly invited me to call her when I got to Athens since she lives here. After our museum visit, since we were wilting and our feet were aching, we spent several hours recovering from the heat of the day in the Kipos Mouseiou, the Museum Garden Cafe on the grounds of the National Museum. Her friend ...

... try and buy stuff we needed. We went for a walk through the flea market which was an experience in itself. You can buy everything there. Some people had shops and others (gypsies) had blankets thrown on the ground. You could get old VHS's, used clothes, archaic motherboards from ancient computers and an overwhelming amount of porn. Shopkeepers in Athens seem to stand outside their store and call for you to come and see their "very nice store" with "very nice price for you". Once in the ...

... we made a visit to another ancient site at Myceania to view 4,000 year old ruins some of which were in exceptional condition, then on through to Corinth for our lunchtime stop next to the incredible deep Cornith canal dug during the 1800's allowing large ships to pass through from one sea to the other saving more than 200 miles of the journey to Athens.

... Two metro trips later and a 5 minute walk we finally arrived at our hostel which is right at the foot of the Acropolis. We went up to the top of Lykavittos Hill after catching our breath and got a spectacular view of the city. I'm posting more pics as I type this, the links to them are below :) http://csuchico.facebook.com/album.php? aid=2031039&amp;l=3a1fc&amp;id=29901498

... Treecy, or thats what I got out of it anyway) and they claimed they had suffered worse. After a while I realised that I was getting what everyone else got minus sheets and 12" of space between me and the floor, thank God for my cousin Suzy's sleeping bag. I was meeting my tour the following day in the afternoon in time for a tour on foot of all the major sites in Athens, by now I was suffering from a severe lack of clean clothes so I went to the laundromat around the corner. I was ...