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Yasas (Hello!)
... I arrived in Athens airport to be met by Kostas wielding a sign with my name in capitals. He led me to his bright yellow Mercedes taxi and apologised that the breaks had not been working properly! As we drove to the coast we discussed the Olympics which were hosted by Athens in 2004. Apparently the Olympics cost the Greek government five times what it will cost England! He explained that although the athlete’s village was turned into ...
Wow what traffic
... pull his bus across the road and wouldn’t let anybody through. In the end two police cars and 5 officers were called to unblock the traffic. My admiration for Greeks went downhill a little.
Later that day we set sail through the Greek islands on our way to Turkey. There are three islands off to the right and then some to our right and more off in the distance. I can see the importance of the maritime economy. And the cut and thrust of war meant that ...
Out And Around In Athens
... scout out Web access to keep you updated.
We're told the weather is going to improve quickly. Already, the clouds are moving out, so we're optimistc the goddess Athena will look down on us favorably when we're on top of the Acropolis tomorrow. Thanks once again for all your great responses and we'll check back in as soon as we can!
The Voyagers,
Dave And Paul Schwan
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The train...is a bus?
... Oracle at Delphi, which will be dealt with in a separate blog entry. That night, I switched hostels to save some money and had a big trek out to find the second place. You would think it would be in their interest to make it more obvious that the hostel was located where it was, but the only indication was a Hostelworld sticker on the door, which was up a small flight of stairs. Good work, there.
My last full day was spent ...
A much under rated city
... the visit did do, is whet our appetites. It was really incredible to see the quality and quantity of beautiful artifacts. It also started to help us understand the evolution of the periods of Greek history. I'm hooked.
The lady at the information desk gave us directions to get down town: "cross the street and take the yellow busses 2,3,5,7 or 9". We caught the 2 after about 5 minutes, Lily and Dana getting in at the back of the bus ...


