Parnon Athens

... kissed it and fell to my knees and thanked God he got me a guidebook. Right after I looked around to make sure no one else saw and then kissed it some more and jumped up and down with relief and excitement. The 5th ATM that I tried right after I got my guidebook, finally gave me cash! I was so excited to have cash and a guidebook, I decided to celebrate with some Baklava. I've been chilling at the hostel for most of today and now off to the airport for Rome.

... if it did cost £3.66 in this case. To be honest though, I was pleasantly surprised that beer was even that price. I had had visions of Scandinavian prices before I reached the city. The fact I'd only found two Greek beers was a little disappointing but then again maybe I was just looking in the wrong places. I don't understand why Greeks don't make more beers, they have so many cool names from their mythology that they could use- Gorgon Ale?, Medusa Pilsner? Icaros IPA ...

... on the surface to be a living nightmare. Her story was one of working on cruise ships and meeting her boyfriend through that. As for living in Athens, she said it was not great as the Greeks are not big drinkers so she finds it difficult to have the kind of social life she would be used to back home. I actually felt a bit sorry for her, she seemed a bit lonely. They were a nice bunch and we had a good laugh. I think the mother's friend took a bit of shine to Boyce; she would have been old ...

... through the door to the main terminal. No one is there to ask any questions or stamp my passport. Not the friendliest welcome, but under the circumstances, I'm happy to forgive them. Besides, my bags and passport have already been throughouly checked once in Seattle, twice in Heathrow, a stunningly efficient THREE times in Frankfurt, so I don't feel much of a threat to anyone as I slip across the frontier into ...

... tellingutes olevate sammaste vahel sebib samal ajal miljon turisti, kes ei võimalda teha ühtki pilti, mis poleks stiilis "lammas all paremas nurgas". Postkaartide piltide autorid said sinna ilmselt väljaspool avamisaegu ja ehk tunnetasid nad selle koha massiivsust ja ajaloolilust rohkem?

Teiseks olid natuke häirivad (ja hiljem juba närvidele käivad) tänavakaupmehed, kes kiusasid välirestoranides istuvaid turiste, püüdes müüa väga praktilisi asju, nagu näiteks taskulambid ...

... and our first glimpse of the canal was wayyyy down. They have a bungy jumping location underneath one of the car bridges! After lunch we did a little tour around the area while we were waiting for the boat. We went to the Temple of Apollo, I think. It was in a quiet little town with twisty streets (on the side of a mountain). The cruise was very nice, old wooden boat with several bus loads of tourists (that is the downside of taking the tours..) so we went ...

... traditional stone house, Panayiotis House. We have been welcomed by the owner, Maria who shows us around the home. She has provided fresh bread, butter, honey with juice and coffee for the morning. After settling in, we all express great hunger and Maria brings us down to the village for a wonderful meal at a tiny ...

Before I forget, I want to mention that here in the Internet cafe in Athens, I keep hearing a local English-language radio station's pleasantly-delivered slogan: "Enjoy the best - and f*** all the rest!". I've had several consecutive days of travel and am now in Greece. I have two months of land and sea travel ahead, with no more flights until mid-December when I go to Ethiopia. Here are some numbers for the first month and a half of my trip: countries: 11 ...

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< br>For a place that was supposed to be shut down the middle of Athens sure was lively, the streets were busy and the meat and fish market was a heaving mass of people. We were ambling unhurriedly in the general direction of the Acropolis, but its hilltop site was so large we didn’t find the main entrance straight away. We had been walking alongside the lower slope for some time and had arrived in Anafiotiká, a ...

... behind her. I had images of the police storming the protest while we were trying to make our way through, But, we worked our way through the crowd without incident and onto the side of the street where the police were standing. The driver was right: they weren’t mad at us, so nothing happened.

We were taking pictures of the protest when I realized that (in my hurry and surprise) I had left my sunglasses on the bus. I wasn’t happy about this, because my ...