Athenian History - It's all Greek to me!

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March 28th 2007

Published: August 7th 2007

Overnight Bus Tales Why do we keep on doing this? Maybe because the cheapest way to get from Istanbul to Athens was by, you guessed it, an overnight bus! We left Istanbul at 10am in a very nice coach complete with two Greek drivers this time. We had been allocated the four front seats which we thought was great for watching the scenery but unfortunately it also gave us a view of how the drivers dr... Read Full Entry

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On the Acropolis with the Parthenon in the background

View of Likavitos Hill from the Acropolis!

The hill in the distance is the one we climbed at 6am to see the sun rise on our first morning in Athens

Greek dancing on Filopappos Hill

Part of the end of Carnivale/beginning of Lent celebrations

Flying Kites

Some of the crowd on the hills surrounding the Acropolis.

Mafia with a red rose!

I took this photo as we walked around the hills of Athens. I never saw the man's face but he was certainly an interesting character

The Flute Player

We visited an exhibition of Dali's work and I particularly liked this piece. It wasn't one of Dali's!

7th April 2007

Hemmingway
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Expensive Cake!
I continue to follow your travels around Europe with interest and amazement. Sorry to hear of the expensive cake. I too made a poor purchase in Greece - a E15 hand coffee grinder that doesn't work as it should! Still, it looks good on the shelf!!

7th April 2007

Karen
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Great Blog again!
Wow Barbara, you have done it again! Great photos and very interesting diary of your time in Greece! You guys did sooo much and were certainly always 'on the go' doing and seeing incredible things! Fantastic!

7th April 2007

ralph venema
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yassou
Another great blend of stories and pics, Barbara. You certainly crammed a lot of experiences in your time at Athens. Great practice for walking the Bibbulmun Track.

25th April 2010

Darian Newcomb
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the parthenon
tuesday,my 5th grade class went to the parthenon in nashville's centennial park.we had a great time:)my favorite park of the trip was seeing the statue of athena the goddess of wisdom.i was amazed to see how huge she was.maybe i should have said who i was first.my name is darian newcomb i live in tennessee in a town about an hour south of nashville.the funny thing is that i didnt know what the parthenon was until i went and when i went all i have been thinking about is greek mythology and i want to learn so much more....when i grow up i want to work at the parthenon in nashville as a little tour guide person but if i cant do that i want to be a writer for national geographic.... i just had a thought...i have a lot to work on for the next 9 or 10 years!

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