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Travel Blogs from Ixia
The cruise- an epic saga PART 1
... mugs with a glass of water to wash it down with. The waitress kept asking if we wanted panna which mum thought was bread, but then we figured out it was whipcream and so of course we got that. It helped make the sickly sweet hot chocolate slightly less strong and even more decadent J The Italian way should be taught to every café on earth because once you’ve tried it the thick-like-a-melted-chocolate-bar way, you’ll never go back to normal again. We went in some ...
Today we visit the Olympic village
... along the coast changed to hills just as we arrived in Olympia. We followed the crowds as we left the train. We walked for about 20 minutes until we reached the entry to the original Olympic village. It was sunny and in the mid-90's. Thankfully, there were some trees here and there for shade. We explored the ruins. In the stadium, Jen and Kristina walked to the other end, where the starting line had been. They then turned ...
Birthplace of the Olympics
... the buildings r derelict. But still, I would never stay in Omonia again – we saw a guy pull his pants down and inject something into his upper thigh...all in full view of us watching from the hotel lobby; he then bowed to us once he was done!
So, I said my goodbyes to the tour group that remained. I met a good bunch of people and not sure if we’ll stay in touch, but facebook is a powerful tool for this and u just never know. Tour travelling is a ...
Olympia, Greece
... player whose repetoire consisted of the theme from The Godfather and Zorba the Greek which he played at different sppeds depending on the speed of the dancers. No plates were broken during the performance.
How to ...
Rental Car
... in English – it just said it didn’t exist. We didn’t have any maps, but finally I managed to ‘pinpoint a location’ on the GPS and it took us there. All these pinpoint locations on the map were in Greek, but fortunately, with the help of our Lonely Planet, we figured out the right places.
Once we were out of Athens it was ok as Ancient Olympia was on the road signs and in English, ...
Location
Amenities
- Swimming pool