Blogs from Athens, Attica, Greece, Europe - page 102

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Well... here we are in Athens. A ittle tired and weird... interesting 24 hours.. flights were mainnnly uneventful with execption of the following: CHCH-AUK -Good to see paddy and enjoy some sunlight -(At Auk) Huh were those customs?? -BK AUK-BKK -Mini consoles in seats in front for each person = lots of movies, games etc etc -2+ meals... decent for plane for (so not great for normal food) -Lots of water -Lex slept (event??) -Huge electrical storm over singapore, amazing show of natures power (no pun intented) couldnt help wondering effect of lightning on plane!! -Oh-my-god Bangkok is massive, coming in and seeing lights!! -Hard to believe that its about 2pm (in the time ur trying to adjust to) when theres an amazing sunset outside!! BKK-ATH -Slept a bit -Crazy Australian dwelling greek god botherer sitting ... read more

I have no idea how I actually get anywhere, really. I left Toronto and flew to Vienna and then to Athens. In the Vienna airport I thought this won't be too bad - most the signs were in German but the odd one in English - and numbers aren't hard to read anywhere you go...I have a seat by the gate I am supposed to go through, it is the right one, I checked twice. I hear an announcement which sounds something like my flight being called and the couple next to me, also going to Greece, start to make their way to the gate so I follow. Two lines, I jump in one, pass through passport control, flight attendants x2, so my boarding pass has been checked three times. I get to the door leading ... read more

August 18, 2006 Oh boy I am three days behind in my blog. There is a lot to write about. Let's begin with last Friday. My sister slept at my aunt's house last Thursday night because my uncle arrived with his Romanian guests at his condo. My mom took off to Mina's house earlier on Thursday. She came to pick her up and take her to a more northern part of Greece where she lives. On Thursday night ( I just realized now that I was supposed to talk about Friday and not Thursday - whatever, change of plans). My sister, my son, and I all slept in the same double bed. We basically did not have room to even turn. My son was in the middle and took turns cozying up with the rest of ... read more

August 16, 2006 Yesterday we went on a day trip to Oropos. My aunt Thalia woke up at 5AM to cook spaghettis and to prepare. I woke up two hours later and after a short while we took off. It was a really nice day and since it was morning it wasn't too hot. Our first stop was at the bakery in Oropos where we ordered tiropites for all - they were awesome. Then my aunt drove us to a secluded beach called Meteora. The footpath towards the beach was semi-tortuous, but everyone managed to handle the steep descent. We found our spot and we dipped into the cool waters right away. Adriano could not stay out of the water and he had a great time. He was so excited to find and collect some sea ... read more