Blogs from Athens, Attica, Greece, Europe - page 100

"Can you help me please - I have the seat for non-smoker, can I change it for any other in the airplane which is for smokers?" .... konecne mi to doslo, pracovny tyzden je konecne Over a ja som uz v lietadle 'Olympic airlines' do Aten, jupiiiiiii! Tuto hlasku zeny co nastupovala do lietadla po mne beriem ako uvod do greckeho sveta. Heh, let Sofia - Ateny je este jeden z tych bezproblemovejsich, ale kedze Belehrad - Ateny si dava na cas, kym pride Kostas sitham prvu grecku kavu (mnam, po bulharskej kave to nemusi byt ani nic extra, aby som ju docenila). Ach jo, potom co som si zvykla na dennodenny boj s bg cyrilikou v Sofii, tu ma caka level 2 - cyrilika grecka ....σας ευχαριστούμε πάρα πολύ = pekne dakujem! Asi to inak ... read more

I am still in the process of formulating my itinerary. It was originally supposed to be 9 months with the following route: Ethiopia-Kenya-Tanzania-Iran-Turkmenistan-China-Japan-Myanmar-NZ-Samoa-Tokelau-Colombia-Venezuela Since I met this Panamanian lady, the plans have changed a bit, I won't be leaving till Nov 1st, which means a couple of countries weill have to be rejected. The Latin American part will probably have to be tranferred after Africa, as I will have to go back to Cuba for work over Xmas and New Year's. I think I will have exact dates by the end of the week. Meanwhile, here's a photo of the Panamanian goddess. Yorgos... read more

Hi everyone! We know that you have been waiting to see our next blog so here it is...enjoy! The riot police heard we were coming to Athens and they were ready for us! They wouldnt even let us down the road so that we could see the Acropolis! Little do they know that we are smart people and we just went on the bus a different way!!! Seeing the Acropolis and theatre of Dionysis was as amazing as we had imagined and hoped it to be. It is a great feeling to be amongst buildings that we have been looking at in pictures for so long. We had tried to catch a taxi there but we couldnt work out how you get one to stop and pick you up! We soon worked out that you just ... read more

Hi all, Yes it is me, I am alive and kicking and now having fun in Athens. I will write more later.......I have so much to say.......but no time at present. Dee... read more

Figs ripe and taken to gravity remained like impermanent fossils upon coarse stone steps. Their seeds lay scattered under foot, a purple skin flattened as an insect on the windshield of a desert crossing. Leafy boughs and thick trunks rose from the neighboring courtyards. Wrought-iron fences above waist-high walls bordered the properties’ perimeters. And in the early morning, few wanderers searched for the entrance around the base of the Acropolis. There were only the slanted sun, the cool air and the stirring noises in Europe’s oldest city. Tucked through small Turkish alleys, I searched in an area of Athens known as Plaka. I had arrived via ferry from Rhodes. Considering the 430 km distance, the fourteen-hour journey from sunset to sunrise was a quick sleep beneath a row of seats. Albeit, within the first hour in ... read more