Palace Athens

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... over one another like a stack of toppled dominoes. Apparently I forgot to take a picture of that one.

Later for our last night in Athens we went back to the restaurant Aspro Alogo where we ate on Monday night. After our dinner Marco brought us some cake and two ouzos. I drank Vicki's for her as well as mine. We had a Greek coffee and then found our way back to the hotel.

Athens was great. We could have spent a couple more days here but it's time to hit the road.

... Then we went out and that's when things got interesting. As all of you know or probably now, I don't party that much, but I do love to dance, so basically we went to a club and started dancing. Greeks are really strange because they don't go out until like 2am and that's so late for me. So basically we started dancing at 1am and all the Greek men just watched us. It was strange and a little creepy I must say. But then these guys cam eup and ...

... could live. Hit the sightseeing road hard going first to Syntagma which was just like being back in London - complete with H&M, Zara and Marks & Sparks. Then it was onto the ruins of Dionysus Theatre and the mighty Acropolis set high on a rock towering over the city. Pretty spectacular as were Roman Agora, Ancient Agora, Hadrian's Gate and the massive pillars at the Temple of Zeus. Each place we went we ran into a really ...

... ruszylismy sie do domu Malgosi z CS i przesiedzilismy u niej z 1,5h konwersujac i sprawdzajac emaile. Potem poszlismy na wzgorze Lekavitos - najwyzszy punkt Aten, ze wspanialym widokiem. Posiedzielismy tam troche, napawajac sie widokiem panoramy. W drodze powrotnej do domu zahaczylismy jeszcze o dzielnice Monastiraki. Zjedlismy kolacje i nastapil chill out na balkonie (M.) tudziez na lozku (B.). Przed polnoca udalismy sie na Akropol i z pobliskiego wzgorza podziwialismy miasto ...

... This boat was decked out! (no pun intended). Karla had some behind-the-ear seasickness patches but I had to laugh a little bit. If you're in waves that make you seasick on a 650ft boat, you've got bigger problems than just your stomach. But, better be safe than sorry--- she didn't get sick after all. Our rail passes allowed us half off the price of a cabin upgrade so we got a room for our 23-hour journey to Greece. Day 33 - The hotel floated into port about an hour late so the ...

... Poros; we received our on board lunch which consisted of three courses. The first course was Salmon and salad followed by two equally tasty courses. This was part of the $100 US option cruise for the day. By the time we had finished our lunch,we were just pulling into the 2nd island called Hydra. This was larger than Poros, more modern and it was an island that did not allow cars or wheeled vehicles on it. Transport and cartage was by ...

... Costing me 12 euros to get a pass to the sights only to wish i had not spent the money. The Acropolis is completely covered in scaffolding (along with everything else in the city) and all the others sights you can view from outside the gated area with almost an identical view. But on the brighter side of things, i can say its been done, and its one thing ...

... so the sight of the car must be especially disconcerting to him. Two men come in- loud- I assume politicians visiting for the vote. More glasses come and our dinner is put off. The larger guy (never got names for either- I call him Joe) says yes to offer of Johhnie Walker- they break the seal- he is loud and starts to drink prodigiously. At some point later, he inevitably tells me the story that 65% of all English is really Greek. And then he elaborates- in great detail ...

... the terminal. A tourist travelling to Athens now would not have to take these bus rides. The new Athens Airport opened about a month after we left Greece. However, I’m glad that I was able to experience the conditions that inspired the building of a new airport.

We walked over to the luggage carousel and retrieved our bags. While we were standing at the carousel, we noticed some payphones which said they were for international calls. Even ...