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Published: October 8th 2011
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The Acropolis
Taken at 6.30am from hotel Tarikh Lawatan : 19-22 March 2011
Destinasi: Athens, Greece
Greece? It was never came across into my mind to visit this country before. Why? Hurmm…may be sbb aku tak byk tahu psl negara ni, plus takde direct air connection pun dari KL and even from Ashgabat kan.…btw the only thing I heard abt the country was they were struggling due to economic recession since the last 2-3 years. Mmg tak la rasa nak pegikan…dah2 tentu rega brg2 kat sana mahal and kos transportation jugak pasti mahal.
But things changed lps aku disogok oleh kwn2 sekerja kat Ashgabat (ASB) ni, aku cair jugak akhirnya and then we planned the trip since ada cuti tambahan 2 hari, there was a team member yg sgt baik hati nak merancang segala jadual and activity kami kt sana. Aku ape lg, mmg jenis pemalas nk plan2 and study psl country and the places yg menarik kt situ, so....ikut aje. Hahaha
We flew from ASB to Athens (ATH) via Istanbul (IST), since takde direct flight, the flight alone cost us around RM1200 per person. Ok la kot, compared if we flew from KL kan….haha. Arriving ATH dh petang, and nak ke hotel we took 1hr train
The Parthenon
under restrotation works from the airport. So, malam baru smpai hotel. Sume org pun dah jadi sayur, jadi mlm tu kitorang tak buat ape sgt la, lepas dinner and taking photos, kitorang rehat saje. Lagipun esoknya byk tmpt nk dilawati, and of cos we need energy for that.
Kat Greece kitorang kena guna Euro untuk urusan jual beli (ehh..ade ke xtvt menjual?) so we had to change USD to Euro. I was so lucky masa tu sbb aku tak perlu tukar duit (sbb aku yg belikan flight tiket tuk derang) so aku tggu je derang tukar duit dan bg kat aku. Hehehe….
Kat ATH ni jugak kalo korang perasan, most buildings have got graffiti on it. May be org sana mmg suka conteng menconteng kot. Hurrmmm…ntah la.
Esok paginya, kitorang ke Acropolis yg menempatkan Parthenon i.e bangunan peninggalan sejarah org Greek kuno, juga ada bngunan2 lain kat situ. Agak menarik sbb Acropolis tu actually can be seen from our hotel and it is located on top of the highland, and waktu malam cahaya lampu menyebabkan ia lagi cantik. Nak masuk kawasan ni kena byr some fee except on Sunday. So, mmg ramai la pelancong2 berdondong kesana…ada mcm2 gaya aku tgok. Rasa cam nak
The Panathiniakon
Can't imagine if i was there...hundreds years ago berkenalan gak tp takut derang tanak layan, so simpan la hasrat murniku itu. Hehehe…
Penat berjalan di Acropolis dan kawasan sekitarnya, we headed down to Church of Holy Apostles yg telah dibina pada kurun ke 2. After taking some photos with all the historical buildings, kami bergegas keOlympic Stadium yang dikenalis bg Panathiniakon Stadium. The stadium was used as venue for the first Olympic Games back in 1896. Kalo korang dtg sini, korang akan diberikan alat audio which will tell u the history at every corners of the stadium. Aku kdg2 skip saje sbb malas nk dgr satu2 kan…lgpun masa cepat sgt berlalu. Hehehe…
Tak byk nk tgok pun dkt stadium tu, so we ran to The Temple of Olympian Zeusyang dh hamper tumbang…well actually you may consider it sbg dh tumbang pun kot. Hanya tinggal tiang2 saje…we snapped few photos and since it was already late in the evening, so we had to make the tour quick.
Malam tu kami dinner kat Indian Restaurant, we ordered Beriyani Rice and few side dishes…sgt pedas nasi beriyaninya but the taste was not bad tho. Selepas kenyang mengisi perut, kami ke Hard Rock Café sbb ada kwn yg nak beli T-Shirt untuk
Temple of Olympian Zeus
Runtuhan keagungan greek kuno kwnnya yang lain di Malaysia. Aku pun ada beli jugak souvenir untuk dirisendiri je i.e gelas HRC. Hahaha… baju tak menarik sgt. So lupakan saje….
The next day, kami memanjat bukit yg dikenali sbg Lykavittos Hill katanya itu adalah puncak tertinggi di sekitar Athens dan there is a small church yang kelihatan agak lama, tapi dijaga bersih. Untuk keatas, kami terpaksa menaiki kereta kabel dan sudah tentu kena bayar sejumlah wang la kan…takkan free lak.
Selepas itu kami ke Stadium Olympic baru yang derang guna untuk Olympic Games 2004. Kawasan stadium agak besar dan seperti biasa we still could spot some graffiti on some building walls. Agak annoying to see this thing sbb bagi aku, graffiti is something abstract but not all places perlu ada graffiti works kan. Kalo tempat2 camni, perlu la dibiarkan original as per built. (Komplen disitu…sila amik perhatian!) hahahah
Puas kat stadium, kami patah balik ke kawasan hotel untuk ke Athens Flea Market. Igt nk shopping something to be brought back to ASB, but I didn’t find anything interesting there except souvenir yang pada aku tak menarik langsung and thy are not cheap!…hmm kecewa. Tapi aku tetap beli memandangkan nanti rmai kwn2 pejabat tya sourvenier lak…..
Haghia Sophia
Was a church and now a museum... Haaa…fresh strawberry kat sana amat murah sekali…i..e 2 Euro saje untuk sekilo. Aku smpat gak beli 2 kilo..smbil jalan2, sambil ngap buah tu. Smpai kenyang dgn mkn strawberry aje…hahahaha
Starbucks mmg tmpat wajib bg kami, actually nk guna internet saje, but takkan takbeli ape2 kan? Selalunya kami akan beli kopi and duk kat situ smpai berjam2…nasib baik derang tak halau…hehehe. Hari terakhir di Athens, we spent for shopping souvenirs for friends and I bought few fridge magnet and cup set. Aku ni mmg minat kumpul cup set yg ada tulisan Negara yg aku lawati…
Sblum berlepas ke IST and ASB, kami sempat jugak ke Factory Outlet yg terletak berdekatan dgn Athens International Airport. Tapi still kena naik teksi…we spent abt 2 hrs but I did not buy anything since the price of most items was expensive than what I can get from Malaysia. Hmm….
We reached IST dah petang, and masih ada 6 jam sebelum flight ke ASB, and we managed to get out of the airport and went to Blue Mosque, Haghia Sophia and Sultan Ahmet Bazaar… Istanbul yg terletak diantara Eropah dan Asia juga merupakan antara tempat yang pasti aku akan lawat suatu hari nanti. Terasa rugi jugak sebab tak extend cuti aku kt IST but return ticket dah beli, so kena balik jugak ke ASB yang membosankan tuh…sekian.
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Greece....best tak? gmbr2 lg?