Alassia Hotel Athens
50 Sokratous Str Athens, Attica, 10431, Greece
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The splendour of being in Greece, finally!
We arrived in Athens in the morning. It was an eventful day. The flight to Doha had taken us 8 hrs and another 5 hrs to Athens. At Qatar, it was my first foray into an Arabic country - my attempts to buy something from the Duty-free shop failed. I had the constant fear that I was too scantily clad. The ladies were swirling past me in full head- …
Back in Athens
After the 4 day tour, we were kinda lost to be alone now, on our own. We took a day trip around Athens and had ourselves soaked in the more grounded city life. Athens was unique to us because as much as it is an urban, modern, restless and polluted city, it is at the same time, ancient and slow-moving. I call it the dilemma of being an Athenian. …
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Gazi: 'The Shoreditch of Greece'?!
... by this building but instead of chaos it looked more like a vigil...all were standing still, many holding Greek flags. The scene was strangely calm but after what Cat had told me earlier ('you'll be fine just don't go to the parliament buildings') I was keen to get out quickly. An empty wasteland like space existed between the protesters and the police cordon, so I walked away from the square and behind the police tape I was able to get a ...
GRISTMAS (Greek Christmas)
... was a hole-in-the-wall, we had no where to sit. So we decided to find a cafe where we could get some dessert and decide what to do with the rest of our day. Luckily, the street we walked down was lined with chocolate shops and cafes, so we had no problem finding a place to sit down. We settled on a small, but buzzing cafe with rows of Greek sweets behind glass at the counter. Emily, Melissa, and I split some baklava with ice cream. For those of you ...
Cole's Notes on Athens
... a ticket you get a specific seat number so it is all very orderly and an usher shows you to your spot. I'm not sure if that is a better system than home but it sure did cause us some confusion when buying the tickets. The language barrier didn’t help! We’ve been to two movies while in Greece and neither theatre had butter or topping for their popcorn so I was very disappointed and complained loudly to my friends. ...
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