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Europe » Greece » Attica » Sounio August 25th 2023

I woke up well rested after my big sleep. Elly and I went to a fruit vendor and the grocery store, and then headed out of town to see the Sanctuary of Poseidon. Elly sat and had a coffee while I went up to the ruins. So incredible what was accomplished about 2500 years ago! The ruins are on the hilltop surrounded by the sea. It was nice and breezy, so even though the temperature was about 35C, it felt fine. When I got back to meet up with Elly, she said she was interested in doing a trip somewhere in Europe. She's a university professor and is off til mid-Sept, so yesterday I had said that if she was interested in traveling anywhere with me, I didn't have any set ideas after I go to ... read more
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Europe » Greece » Attica » Sounio May 24th 2020

The way home was very long. That was partly also my own fault. When I booked the flights home (half a year ago), I thought it was a brilliant idea to add 3 more days of Athens to my trip. The cheapest flights I found were: Bali to Singapore (where I had to wait for 10 hours until my next flight), Singapore to Athens and from Athens to Eindhoven. That last flight was going either the next day or in 3 days from my arrival. Like I said, it was a brilliant idea back then. I was still convinced that I would have lots of time with my dad and the rest of my family once I arrived, so I wasn't too worried about it. My host (Orestis) didn't live very close to the city, but ... read more
Right next to the sea
View from the temple
Walking along the coast

Europe » Greece » Attica » Sounio September 23rd 2011

Geo: 37.6621, 24.0278i love athens...dirty smelly fucking athensi'm drunk...we just went out to dinner for our last night in athens and we were shouted 2 bottles of wine, dessert, and 3 shots of ouzo...JEEBUS ...maybe MelB can string a sentence together http://blog.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/melissab2009/3/1316720065/tpod.html ... read more
acropolis 2
acropolis night
hadrian's library




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