Oscar Athens

... be able to get a full refund. so trying to find the company office in the center of athens was pretty difficult and on top of that we had about 1,000 pounds of luggage to lug around trying to find theis company to get our money back. we found it after about 30 minutes of walking. the elevators were scary at the office you had to push open the door and hope that it was secure enough when lifting us up. it was kinda cool.<br><br>so at the office we were ...

... ethnic festival will be organized for the 10th year in succession, between 09 to 12 July 2009 in the village of Vlasti, Kozani, by the Community of Vlasti in collaboration with Environmental NGO ECOTOPIA. At an altitude of 1240 m, on the plateaus of Mt. Siniatsiko, greek and international artists will create a multicultural celebration, a meeting of cultures, in an attempt to promote the unique and prove that the coexisting of cultures can only be a ...

... Para um encontro com Zeus, Afrodite, Apolo, Ares, Ártemis, Hades, Hermes, Poseidon e todos os outros protagonistas da ...

... put names on their grave markers. If you're burying someone royal, like Philip or his mother Eurydike, or merely noble, like Alexander's general Peukestas, suspected to occupy "The Tomb of Judgment" near Mieza (informative video here) don't even think of an inscription. If you do, those pesky archaeologists, 2300-odd years later, will actually be able to figure out who it was.

... most recent designs by some Spanish designers. Lots of fun. Then we met up with Hannes again and we had lunch at an outdoor cafe where we sat in the sun for about an hour, before deciding to go back to the park. This time we walked through La Plaza de la Cibeles to get to the park. And once we got there we decided to go for a boat ride on the lake. And then we laid in the park for an hour or so just enjoying the people and ...

... as we are returning to Athen the following day. Dinner was beef again. 27th March Remember that I said on the first day I reached Poros that I find it very messy and disorder? After getting to know this island a little bit more, I find that they are actually beautiful. It is like you can see the beauty from the mess (luan4 zhong1 dai4 mei3). Hmm.. anyway, time to move on... At this point in time, I have mixed feeling. A part of me felt happy to ...

... of rock. Truly an amazing site. The monasteries were not as exciting to see on the inside, but it is amazing that the monks used to hoist themselves up in nets. In the early 1900's the Greek government paid to have stairs blasted into the side of the rock which is how we entered the monasteries. They are still used today, but there were no signs of monks around when we were there ...

After Mom &amp; I had exhausted ourselves in London, we headed to Heathrow airport when, who should be arriving...James! He flew over to meet me for the final leg of my trip, a cruise around Greece and Turkey. We said goodbye to Mom and flew down to Athens, where we spent a night before boarding our ship. Didn't see too much there, we walked around the town and ate some good Greek food, but then it was time to head to Piraeus to begin our cruise!<br>

... with a good heart, he had a good deal of growing up to do on his own. He noted he spoke fluent Greek. I noted I didn't care. The boys watched all this and would interrupt to get the gist of the conversation from time to time (and one did speak English, he was playing dumb as I later got him to talk a bit). It was a sad and surreal encounter. The place filled with smoke, my eyes burned, the boys went off to play pool and the red walls and ceiling seemed to close in on me as I ...

... ran into Lesley, Sara, and Mel. Lesley was catching a flight tonight to London before going home to Calgary while Sara and Mel were off to Mykonos. We exchanged hugs, said our goodbyes, and wished each other well. Back at the hotel, I got my bags and checked into my new room. On the way, I ran into Patrick who was freaking out about not having a way to get to Mykonos. I told him if he didn't make it to Mykonos tonight that he could crash in my room tonight. He was going to try ...