Triton Hotel Piraeus

... our 4 hour journey, we searched for our skipper Giannis &#8211; we walked the decks with his picture in our hands and whenever we saw a possibility, one of us would say his name in hopes that he&#8217;d hear us - no luck. We also got a lesson on how to pronounce the name of the region we were going to visit.<br><br>Tomato &#8211; Tomaato; Cyclades - kickladis Well, it became evident that our English gentleman ...

... 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 ...

The students were vibrating with excitement on the bus ride between our apartments in Athens and the port of Piraeus (peer-EH-us) as the sun went down Friday night. It's an eight or nine-hour ferry ride to Crete, so they booked us on an overnight passage. We approached the ferry, and I was amazed at how huge it was. They were loading semi trucks into it! You can select from several different classes of ...

... who was born in Toronto and spent most of his life there, joined us at that point. As the Greeks say, we were all good company. We lingered after "lunch" (at 3pm) long enough that we found ourselves interested in a bit of "glyka" (sweets), so we shared two orders of decadent "Chocolate Lovers" dessert. It has four kinds of rich, dark chocolate in it and you can add a scoop of chocolate ice cream to make five! Afterwards, Harita and Sotiris took us ...

... they follow your every step and ignore all atempts to be left alone. At this one store there was a girl trying to sell us everything including her kitchen sink, and when Wendy and I went separate ways she looked perplexed and didn't know who to follow. The rest of our time in Athens was spent climbing a few of the hills and exploring the non touristy areas. When we went up one of the hills we were followed by a dog for over 45 minutes. Apparently these dogs usually stay by your side and ...

in mykonos no luggage yet and our booked hotel rooms were full and now staying at another place ok - near main town and bus station to the beach only 2 mins walk away. went to the beach first - got a cocktail which was nice - not sure what it was as dave got it for me. the beach was good and very relaxing but pitty that we did not have any swim wear just in shorts and t-shirt. oh well **** happens. also got a bit burnt (again) but i am browning up so that ...

A long day with a lot of walking . Went to the Benente museum with Polly as our expert guide. Went to Kolonoki square for our best and favorite Greek pizza. Tomorrow we get up early to go to the port for our hispeed ferry ride (5 hours) to Santorini. Hope all is well in Minnesota. I miss my buddy Argus (Chris' dog). & nbsp; & nbsp; Peace, Dave

... being able to sit and relax while I did a couple of loads, but the reality was much more traumatising. I wasn't allowed to do it myself, I had to hand my dirty underwear over to a brutal elderly greek woman in black donning rubber gloves. I threw an extra pair of socks on to the pile when I thought she wasnt't looking but I got caught and she shrieked "No! Now you pay more! Two load!" In utter indignation I took the socks back and left in a huff. I found the hotel where I ...