Holiday Inn Athens

... is out on the islands like Santorini (an eight hour ferry ride away).  Other than that it's rural goat farmers in the mountains and the megalopolis of Athens.  We thought Greece would  be one of our favorites, but that has not been the ...

... away, by here exclamation of how “neat” that was.  She asked where I was staying in town and told her the Holiday Inn on near the interstate.  “Ah the outskirts,” she said.  I smirked as I pushed open the door to ...

... and head to the airport via the most expensive five minute cab ride of all time.  Only back in Athens for a few hours, we get a room at the holiday inn which is the most expensive airport holiday inn I've ever seen, and not quite an "airport" hotel ...

... couple of the low end hotels by the airport and we were looking at anywhere between $250.00 a night or $443.00 a night for a Holiday Inn!!! We then started calling B & B's. We called about 15 that were in and around the city and they had no ...

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... cats, but am somewhat allergic, I can handle one or two for a bit but not six!). So, it was off to the good ol Holiday Inn! Where of course, after checking in I discovered they had no hot water. Lovely. Started the day with a quick hair wash in cold ...

... knowledge when it comes to European history and so far is turning out to be a great tour manager. We finally arrived at the Holiday Inn Express in the suburbs of Munich.  Patrice and I got a room overlooking the courtyard and when I looked out over ...

... 10.45pm. Everything looks different at night with beautiful colors. We returned to the Hotel after midnight, feeling tired, but satisfied as well. HOLIDAY INN HOTEL We are spending 2 nights at the Holiday Inn which is in the suburbs of Rome. It is on a ...

... Greek restaurant and sat outside drinking Retsina with the rest of the Paleochora circle.  Stupidly, I'd decided to stay at the Holiday Inn Express at Munich Airport rather than taking the night flight and waiting around in Athens airport for 5 ...

... got on two busses a plane and two other busses but the end of the night I was in my pre paid hotel at the holiday inn.  The next morning I got on another bus to make my way to Athens.  I just got into Athens yesterday, where I got ...

... in Dahab; floating in the Dead Sea in Jordan; Petra (need I say more?!); Beruit and seeing the damage to the Holiday Inn; Gallipoli; the pilgrims of Jerusalem; and the cities of Bethlehem and Hebron in the West Bank. Africa Travelling through Africa and ...

Scotland here we come! Saturday morning we woke up early to catch our train to Edinburgh, Scotland. We left Kings Cross at about 8 or so, and headed North. Some sleeping was done, but up towards Scotland we did some wonderful sightseeing from the train. ...

... I am spending a packet, but I would be spending a packet back home trying to think what to get people in our usual holiday fare... at least here I am getting a bit of difference in variety! Stopped at Camera Obscurea, a very interesting little museum that ...

... of preference. The money section is the cost for both of us, and is the total cost of everything included in the holiday, including insurance, Eurail ticket, Visas, clothing and souvenirs bought along the way, etc. While we were not terribly budget ...