Hotel Noufara Piraeus

... the terminal and started to walk into the town but met people coming the other way who told us not to bother as there was nothing open except a couple of cafes. We turned around and in the terminal building there was a duty free shop so we bought some ouzo (as you do in Greece) and some beer and came back to the ship. Went to our usual deck 14 Oasis bar, caught up with Pam and Bob, Had a couple of drinks, went to Horizon Court for dinner and had an ...

Piraeus is the port for Athens and after breakfast we caught the coach into the city passing quite a few of the recent Olympic stadiums on the way. We weren't doing a tour but we stopped at the Panathenaic Stadium, the original Olympic Stadium, to take pictures and were also driven past some of the other sights. We noticed that there was a sightseeing bus so decided to make use of that. Our first stop was the Acopolis which is the ...

Greece August 3-6, 2008 August 3, 2008 Upon arriving in Greece we had a tour of Athens and the Acropolis. The Acropolis is one of the world's oldest cities that dates back over three thousand years. The most exciting site of the Acropolis was the temple of Athena, better known as the Parthenon. After the tour of the Acropolis we had a short guided bus tour of the city. Before the bus headed ...

... of us headed to a local shisha (hookah) bar in town, but it was closed (later we found out it was fully booked anyway) so we found a local club to dance at next to a carnival. We ordered a "pot of shots" and soon decided that we should take our new found energy to the best place that we could find, or rather that "I" could find, and that would be the bumper cars. There's nothing better than a bunch of DUI's on a carnival ride! My friend Anna had been chatting with the ...

... deck that afternoon reading and sunbathing. That evening went to the show put on by the entertainment team. I was a bit sceptical (you know me and my high standards) after sitting through a number of shocking cruise ship shows. However I have to say it was brilliant and they are a very talented team. Looking forward to the show tonight! Will try and write again soon.

... wonderful, and the acoustics were absolutely incredible. I'm so glad we decided to go. On Wednesday in between my classes I took Roxy to the National Gardens for lunch. It was wonderful! And then we walked past Syntagma Square to see the guards. That night I took Roxy to meet Thalia and Yianni, some of my Greek friends. Thursday, Kristina, Jessica, and I took Roxanne down to Plaka to do some shopping. While we were there a store owner invited us into ...

... is the smoking capital of europe, and very noticeable. We dealt many times with extremely rude customer service, especially at the post office where the lady threw change back at wendy. Sometimes it may be beneficial to know a few choice words in each country!, but the greek language is all on its own. Next time we come here will definetly be in the summer so we can escape to the islands. Wow this was a long post, the rest shouldn't be this long as we were here for a week. Back to italy we go.

... The first major impact on me was when we were walking to try and catch our bus to Patra, we passed some street guys selling stuff off sheets on the ground. Suddenly a cop car screeched up, the group swept up there wares in the burlap bags, and took off. We're not in Kansas anymore. Was pretty strange experience to witness after a sort of odd day (our first outside of American ...

... and many demonstrations are happening around the city and most things are closed. We have also heard it will be good to take a low profile as an American. We are having grilled lamb tonite as part of our holiday meal. Please continue to send us messages which are much appreciated. Chris, your idea of a Greek meal on your deck in solidarity is fabulous. Stay tuned for further updates on our adventure. Love, Dave and Nancy

... flights had been cancelled!! which then meant two of my flights i could no longer go on as they were fully booked out! As you could imagine i was pretty anoyed and slightly paniced...made a few phonecalls etc..to qantas and iberian but ended up just going to the airport to try and get it all sorted. so wasted a good 5 hours or so of my time in athens trying to figure out what happened and how to fix the problem so i ...