Piraeus Dream

... for our next flight tomorrow to Munich. Piraeus, whilst very busy, was much more authentic than Athens and soon we found the stores where the locals shop, including some interesting bakeries, fish and meat markets, fruit and flower markets and even a shop selling snails (which looked just like our garden snails). There were ...

... sentry boxes an ordinary soldier inspects them and adjusts their outfits until he is satisfied they look right. We just had to have out photos taken with them and I didn't even come up to his shoulder so he must have been about 6' 6". We then made our way back to pick up the bus passing the National Gardens and the Arch of Hadrien and the Temple of Zeus on the way. We had a really good day and the weather was perfect for sightseeing.

... to get ready for a Greek Barbeque! Before the barbeque we took a drive to Cape Sounion. Cape Sounion is where the temple of Poseidon is, when archeologists started to excavate the area they thought that it was a temple for Athena, after more excavations they discovered it was a temple for Poseidon. A few hours later we got to the barbeque, we had a great meal, there was music, dancing, and plate ...

mood: absolutely exhausted!!! Yesterday i went on my walking tour of Athens. It was incredibly hot but it was very informative as i had come to athens not knowing much about the history and culture so it was a nice eye opener to the their history. The tempreture here at the moment is about 30 deg c and very sunny, not much wind, so not the best conditions to spend the day walking around the city but i doubt i will find a day which is. Our guide was a funny looking ...

... sleep hole", as I like to call it. The boat is great, but it's a budget cruise which focuses on having fun in the port towns, not spending time on the boat. As such the cabin has just enough room for 2 twin beds (in a bed box on the floor so you can shove them together), and a wee bathroom with shower. We paid extra for a window. Ooooh ahhh. It's actually quite cute and cozy and serves it's purpose very well. A tiny tiny home ...

... industrialised, which is interesting, but not exactly scenic! But it does get us a long way very fast..... We leave the freeway north of Athens and head to the Plain of Marathon, where the way out-numbered Greeks defeated the Persians 2500 years ago. At the end of the battle a runner raced all the way to Athens to announce the victory and promptly dropped dead. The Marathon running race originally celebrated this (although the dropping dead bit is no longer compulsory!). There is ...

... Athens tommorrow night for Santorinini on the overnight ferri, it sounds like we are going to have a little boat party to make the trip a little more interesting. We have a decent mix of people on our tour lots of Aussies, Brits, 2 Koreans and only 1 American. So far the people are great we've been hanging out with the Aussie's so far, they like beer so we like them...tee hee! Anyway I will keep you updated take care and talk toon. Brandy and Trent

... a detour to the Corinth Canal, before returning to Athens to catch a flight to the Cyclade island of Santorini for three days. Before we arrived, our research led us to expect Athens to be a bustling and busy city, much like Bangkok, Manila and many other major world capitals, and it was all true. After emerging from the flight, we took a relatively comfortable 40 minute subway ride from the airport and headed for our accommodation. We had chosen price over luxury and settled for a ...

... cherish our memories of friends and family, and are still absorbing some of the incredible adventure and amazing sights, history and natural and cultural beauty that has blessed us thus far. Stacy and I have learned much about each other and our relationship this trip, and each day we grow into ourselves and into each other as a couple and partners in this greater journey called Life. Travel has not been all easy. We have our challenges as we have our blessings. Sometimes movement is ...