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Day Cruise: Idra - 1st Stop

A travel blog entry by ckv2009

Up bright an early today for a 7:20 am pick up. Hmmm... thinking we could have slept several more hours! We arrived at the harbor and were greeted by the crew on the boat. Very nice people! All very peppy and awake for being so early in the morning! We climbed aboard the Platytera. Our boat had three stories. A dining room on the first floor, the middle looked like a big cafe, and the sun deck ...

The Mountain and the Sea

A travel blog entry by amkozak

... 22nd. After a long Saturday of competitive debate at a local school with our Forensics team, the fellows and I decided to hop on a ferry the next day to attend the Festival Fistiki on the island of Aegina. Here, we perused the main street of the island, right along the water, visiting fair booths full of baclava, paintings of the harbor, and, of course, PISTACHIOS (fistiki)! I also ...

Athens

A travel blog entry by analegge

On my God. We wake up at 9.30 and hardly have any time to go into Athens. Rushed ashore without even a cuppa and had a coffee in a cafe before getting the hop on hop off to the city. Unfortunately the central city is closed today because of Angela Merkels visit and with riots expected. (And which did happen shortly after we ...

Spetses

A travel blog entry by mozgasban

... bogey in our feet, so we went to a bar, which was at the other side of the island. But it was worth to walk on the road next to the sea and see the old buildings. On the way back from the bar two teenage girls on the scooter stopped next to us and asked us in English if we know where the XY club. We did not know, but I so wanted to say that: "Oooh I know that place, but you are in bad luck, that's on another island"

Wednesday
The next day we took the day slow. ...

Corinth Canal

A travel blog entry by finnegan

... side where they offer Bungy jumping.

Our ride continued through the Peloponnese area to Kandia. Olives have been produced in this area since the 16th century BC. The trees bear fruit every two years. They export 28% of the 400,000 tons produced each year. The olive trees grow from sea level to about 700 meters, but no higher to avoid the frost.

We arrived at our hotel, Kandia Castle on ...