Blogs from Attica, Greece, Europe - page 97

A Love Affair With Craziness The more one travels it seems the more one empathizes with views that are different from their own. When we started on this trip, I was pretty myopic in my view of the world. Americans, or Westerners in general, seemed more courteous and polite, while “others,” whoever they might have been, were rude or abrupt. While there was nothing wrong with my world view, it was pretty naïve and very one sided. As we have traveled my views have changed considerably. While we may not have been through some of the more difficult places in the world, such as China, India, Africa, etc., we have had a chance to experience many vastly different cultures. By time we had finished with South East Asia I had been exposed to more than ... read more

Hoje estou um pouco mais tranquilo....tenho uma meia hora para escrever aqui.....tudo esta muito corrido no navio...fica complicado entrar na net... Ontem est'avamos em Mykonos....a coisa mais linda que ja vi.....o estilo das casas, em um morro que nao lembra nem de longe as favelas do Brasil...tudo muito animal.....nao tive como descer ontem pois estava em horario de trabalho...entao ficou complicado....alias que nas proximas duas semanas duvido que consiga descer em algum lugar...o que salva e que o navio fara esse roteiro por muito tempo...terei muitas chances de ir....o por do sol e o luar de Mykonos foram algo que eu nunca imaginei presenciar.....realmente um paraiso que acho dificil encontrar sequer parecido....simplesmente sensacional!!! Hoje chegamos em Atenas.....muito diferente....enorme....olhando do porto parece uma cidade como Sao Paulo.....nao tem aquela beleza de Mykono... read more

So I did manage to contact the girl and got to share a taxi to the port! still, the driver ripped us off......_" The Ferry..I got a good spot indoors...on the sofa...so I could lie down. All was good until halfway through a bunch of Greeks came and just sat at my table!! They were a big group and they smoked!!!...ahhh....completely pissed at that point..especially because, when they came in..I was sleeping...so they woke me up from my morning nap....-____-" The ferry ride was LOOOOOOONG!! total 18 hours!!! ...arrived like at 3am.....god..I was so sleepy and tired.... Walked around..got lost a while before someone helped me to get to the night bus station to catch the bus to Athens... The hostel was nice....easy to find, Air-Con..small dorm room... I did manage to walk up at 10 ... read more

Athens! Athens was a pretty cool city, we liked the feel of the actual city. It was really easy to get from the airport to the city on local buses (cheap too!) and felt completely safe to wander around. We did find that the Greeks aren't a particularly friendly bunch though, I don't think we could point out a shop or restaurant which had any spectacular service, but so be it. We were also constantly cracking up at the groups of Africans trying to sell their items on the street. They'd lay out everything on big sheets and as soon as a cop came near they'd grab up the corners of their sheets and take off round a corner waiting for the cops to go. As soon as they had left, they'd be straight back, putting ... read more

Gee the title says it all guys! I'm here and I bet y'all are at work mwahahahahahaha ... oops sorry I didn't mean to say that aloud *grin* Okedy dokedy flew into Athens from Prague and checked into a hotel for two nights before starting my Contiki Greek Cruise trip. I very cleverly thought I would book into Pireaus because that is the Port area of Athens where all the boats take off from and very carefully of course read the information about the hotel which says that it was 20 minutes from the Acropolis so first full day there I head off for a walk to see the sights and chill out in Athens for the day .... walking .... walking .... walking ... THREE AND A HALF HOURS LATER!!!! mwahahaha my hotel was actually ... read more