Blogs from Attica, Greece, Europe - page 15

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Geo: 37.9525, 23.8706Last night was the most comfortable bed that I think we have had in Greece and we slept well. Our B&B was close to the airport, so we quietly departed at 7.45am and met the car hire fellow at 8am. RyanAir check-in wasn't fast, and by the time we passed through security, we realized that the business lounges were on the other side of security - there went our plans of a club breakfast. It was probably just as well we didn't stop - there was another ridiculous queue where they checked our boarding passes at the door of the gate...then, a delay due to a medical situation in our flight. We breakfasted on a packet of choc chip biscuits and a packet of crisps. The flight to Bologna was uneventful. However, when we ... read more

Geo: 37.9525, 23.8706Day 17. DelphiWe started late (breakfast at 9:30) and had a lovely breakfast at our hotel. Then we drove two minutes to the ruins of Delphi. The modern town was originally on top of the ruins, until they realised what was underneath and moved the entire modern town!! We looed at the museum, however unfortunately one Greek urn is starting to look much like the others! But, it was very well done and there were so many impressive things. Then we spent a bit over an hour walking around the ruins. Personally, I feel that these are the best ruins we've seen so far in Greece. They were very well preserved, there was a great amount of information available on the boards, and it was extremely impressive! They also showed clearly what they looked ... read more

Geo: 37.9792, 23.7166Awake in the dark, watching the luminescent hands on my watch tick away. Then suddenly, a knock on the door, parents coming in, siblings awake, and hugs in all directions. After unwrapping my wonderful present, we headed out into Athens to find breakfast. After a quick trainride, we stopped for a traditional breakfast bread as "just a snack". We headed down through the plaka, or old town, to see the old Roman Agora or marketplace. As we were still hungry, we had another breakfast, where Matthew had a toasted sandwich and fries for breakfast! We then went into the Agora to see the amazingly well preserved ruins. This took a couple of hours but as the Agora was used for 100s of years, this did not get boring. After this we walked back through ... read more

Day 13 - Tue. Oct. 4 - Athens Today’s schedule included a trip up to the Acropolis in the morning and a visit to the Acropolis Museum in the afternoon, both of which are a short walking distance from our hotel. That is not to say that either destination is an easy walk because in both cases it was up rather steep hills. By the time we left the hotel on our first outing the temperature and humidity had climbed to a point that made the hike difficult and once we were actually adjacent to the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, which is near the main entrance on the right hand side when facing the Acropolis, Brooke decided that due to the aforementioned humidity and temperature she would sit down and pass on this archaeological visit, since ... read more