Hotel Tempi Athens

... my street with a handy placard carrying the name of my hotel and a pleasant arrow.  Who needs GPS when you have luck! Hotel Tempi comes highly recommended by Lonely Planet and it was the cheapest thing in this area of Athens.  First the bad ...

... of blocks, and some proud navigating and street sign-translating moments by yours truly, and we were at the charming, family run Hotel Tempi, right on a pedestrian street.  A quick clothing change and 20 minute power nap, and we were ...

... were unreadable but to me it looked like “kamikaze” – anyway, you can find it two doors down from Hotel Tempi on Eoulou street – use the Matrassikki Metro exit, and forgive me for butchering the spelling. As I woke this morning to ...

... walked out the doors of the metro we saw the Parthenon and Acropolis all lit up....so pretty! What a welcome to Athens. We checked into Tempi Hotel (thanks Steve and Pam for the suggestion) where both couples had their own room but we did have ...

... historian, set an unnaturally fast pace for a short fellow, all the while expounding upon me the rich history of ancient Athens, much like the relationship Socrates had with Plato as instructor and pupil.  Set into motion, we ...

Sean and I spent Fri through Sun afternoon in Athens. Stayed at a hotel right in the middle of everything which was cool, even though the place itself wasn't. Fri besides checking out the town a little and trying to find some real greek food (Mousaka and ...

... , works.  After an hour of chatting, my new Buddhist friend invited me on a stroll through the neighborhood – the real Athens.  He took me on a walk pointing out various establishments along the way – none of which I can remember how ...

... Asian/Middle Eastern countries. Everything is decidedly more western; the prices, the toilets, and the tourist traps. I landed in Athens and took the metro to my hotel. It's a small, 5 floor walk-up pension with shared bathrooms, and of course, I'm on ...

... Odos (National Highway), which is mostly upgraded to four lanes all the way from Thessaloniki to Athens.  The section through the Tempi Valley is still narrow, winding and scenic and probably presents engineering challenges for constructing ...

Returning to the mainland we savored our last moments in Athens.  We spent an afternoon educating ourselves, perusing the fabulous National Archaeological Museum, and an evening stooping to the lows of a football hooligan, watching ...

Hello hello!  Just spending a little time on the internet, since we seem to have done all the damage we can do here in Greece; walked the walks, shopped the shops and saw the sights.  It's been an amazing, and even a bit surreal two weeks, but ...