Senia Studios Aegina

... the sun had gone down so our main objective was simply to find our hostel and leave the wandering through streets for the following day.  We were told by friends that Athens might be a slight dissapointment so we only alloted one day to see the historical places and get a sense of the place.  Our hostel was situated so that in the morning we walked along various streets alive with fruit, meat, and fish markets and got coffee.  By the way, not a fan of Greek coffee.  The ...

... was talk of getting a doctor for her. I hope she's ok. We've had a few travel casualties so far. In addition to Fingers' cold sweats, Mary Lou had a terrible flu while we were in Crete, poor Bellingham twisted her ankle stepping off the bus and was on crutches, Papia caught a nasty cold, Beach Babe broke out in hives, Wreath of Roses' eyes are irritated with allergies, and I fell down a flight of stairs. More on that later.

... dictionary, a phrasebook, and pen and paper, I learned a lot about her thanks to her gracious patience with my attempts at conversation. First of all, I discovered that my first friend in Greece who speaks no English is not originally Greek at all, she's Polish! She fled Poland 15 years ago because of the Communist regime. She moved to Greece and met a German man eleven years her senior who is now her ex-husband (ah ha, now the mystery I was trying to unravel last time, about the ...

I am watching Athens grow afar as we sail away. I have seen some of the most phenomenal sunsets here! What a fabulous day today! We ported in Athens early this morning and I took a tour to the Acropolis and the Parthenon. I learned that the word "acro" means hill and "polis" means city and the Parthenon sits on top of the Acropolis. Much of our tour was ...

... the steps and everywhere else on the tip to witness/capture the sunset...we arrived at the tip at about 7.15pm, the sun set at about 8.20pm...the wait was well worth it...second thing, the sunset is this spectacular red purplish color and it just fills the sky...the caldera-hugging buildings silhouetted...amazing...Oia is the most photographed village/town of the Greek islands, and for good reasons...the crisp white buildings, the turquoise domed ...

We arrived at Piraeus without having done our homework, groggy, hungry, and into a sleeping port...the perfect prey for a wily Athens taxi driver. Later, sitting on the doorstep of the closed pension (later we found it was closed for the winter) we figured out what tourist police are for...we should have told him we were going to call them with his license number when he added ...

... dave and i disputed if it was them and he was right although i would not let him know that. cant let him get a big head now. had a late night got home at about 1am but i am sure that we will have much latter nights once we are with skinny in copenhagan. would like to come here again but may be stay some where else. if in greek island check out ios too.

... kokonaisuuksia, kun kavelimme takaisin hostelliin ja yksi katu oli taposen taynna intialaisia kaupustelijoita. Yhtakkia ne kaikki huusivat korviahuumaavasti ja lahtivat juoksemaan hitonmoista vauhtia kaapaten kamansa lennossa mukaan. Kavi ilmi, etta poliisiauto oli tulossa ja se auto lahti sitten jahtaamaan katuja pitkin joitakin naista kauppiaista jotka yrittivat pakoon. Toivon, et ne pidatettiin, kjahahhaa. Laitonta ...

... In europe, on sunday, everything is closed. Movies, cafes, Internet, everything. Except for Maccas. I seemed to eat maccas and Gyros non stop. They have a Mctoasty here. Its like a toasted chese pancake sandwich. And what i dont get, is, that its a major city, but there is no day time movies. Thats poor. That day i just sat on a bench. Athens was good, but apart from the sights its not that interesting. Saying this i have to go back there tomorrow.

... boat did. I found a spare set of cushions and was out like a light. Apparently there was a Japanese fellow on the other side of the cushions but we did not say a thing to each other. Zonk. Out like lights both of us. The last Island was Aegina and it was also a lovely place. It is famous for its pistachio nut and pine tree groves and its more than 3000 years of history. We had the choice to go to the Temple of Afaia or to go by bus across the Island, have some ouzo and a bite ...