Hotel President Athens

... be observed. The Mediterranean dishes usually comprise of meat, fish, vegetables and olive oil whereas the Venetian dishes consist of spicy mixture of different ingredients and pasta. When you are staying at a certain Corfu hotel, do not hesitate to try out the local, traditional dishes, like pastitsada, strapatsada and sofrito. All these dishes are mainly non vegetarian that include beef, fish, sausages ...

... regretted this approach and naming their "unknown god." Acts doesn't give a sense that Paul had the kind of success here that he had in other places, though there were clearly some favorable responses. Tomorrow, I'll set off (later in the day when it's not so hot) to explore ancient Athens, to hear the echoes of philosophers and poets...and Paul in these beautiful buildings.

... land, there is still so much more to see. I definitely intend to go back one day and when I do I hope that it has retained all its rough edges and distinctly Albanian charms. When I look back on this trip in years to come I'm sure it will be one of the highlights I reflect and reminisce about. I had no problem getting as far as Omonia once I was pointed in the right direction but finding the hostel was a different matter completely. I was up and down the same few streets for ages. The ...

... its amazing location on the slopes of Mount Parnassus. There's a stunning view of the valley below filled with olive and cypress trees and with the Gulf of Corinth in the distance. Returning to Athens, we saved the best for last - the Acropolis and the Parthenon! The Acropolis ('high city') is considered the most important ancient site in the western world. The Parthenon, which sits on the highest part of the Acropolis, is a temple worshipping Athena ...

Found out from the hotel guy that Sundays in Athens (low season only) mean free admission to the sites. Lamented that I woke up too late to go to all 13 museums in one day, especially when the sun sets at 4pm nowadays. Settled on a quick drive-by through the famous National Archeological Museum first. For a complacent museum goer, I was thoroughly impressed for several reasons: relic after relic from this and that hundred BC. People were snapping pictures left and right ...

... rays setting over pristine white monastery domes and ships sailing of into a horizon on which the stars seem to be endlessly sparkling. Why am l sailing around the Greek islands for a week you may ask? Well who wouldn't want to!! Greece has long been a number one destination for sun and sand worshipers such as myself- and the odd Shirley Valentine looking for love- and l can tell you personally it doesn't fail on either account. The shear number of islands that there are to ...

... travellers on break, and caught the most bouncy train ride in the world. It had a horn that sounded like a miniature toot toot car horn haha, and reminded me of the jolly yellow buses in Malta for their nostalgic content. We passed the old school cable cars that they use on a regular basis apparently. There's also some kind of cool suspension bridge in the Patras area which we could see from the train. The terrain changed every 20 min ...

... the god of victory - not the shoes, for their victory over the Persians. Basically, a trip to Athens, and especially the Acropolis, gives you an introduction to the cast of characters the Greeks called, "The Gods." They all explain something that the ancient Greeks couldn't yet describe scientifically. They had a god for lightning, a god for wine, a god for fire, etc., and the Greek gods were all adopted through name change by the Romans. When standing atop the Acropolis next ...

... alter and hurcule's birth place. It was like the movie Alaxander without the bad Brad pitt acting. I Saw the old olympic staduim and more tombs and monuments then I can remember. After walking for about 10 hours I meet up with a relitive of friends of mine who is canadian but now living here in athens. We went out to dinner at a place that billed itself as an acient greek eating place, they only served food that was avalible to ancient greeks and you ate like ...

... me by the ear down Koumbari until it intersected with Ardittou. We were shocked by the sight we saw. In front of us was an enormous marble stadium. We wanted to visit, but needed to get travel time information from the Flying Dolphin offices. As the Tourist Organization office indicated, the Flying Dolphin offices were easy to find once we got to the stadium. We got the needed information about when the ferries would be departing for Hydra and when they would be returning. We ...