Blogs from Attica, Greece, Europe - page 107

Ok, so I'm writing this almost 20 years later, but I want everyone to know where I've been. Heck, I wanna' know where I've been! First and foremost, I LOVE to talk, but can't spell worth a lick.....so get over it, try to understand what I mean, enjoy it, and read on! Let me start off with how our trip was set up. The group I traveled with was: 16 from my high school (Science Hill), 1 from the rival school (Dobbyns Bennett in Kingsport), and 3 from Nashville. We then added a few from Ohio, and "Poof" our group was made! We started out by all meeting up in Washington DC for 3 days of "debriefing"......I'm sorry, itwas SO very boring and I did fall asleep! I tried so hard to listen to what all ... read more

Prep work took me nearly a month! Greece is such a hugh country with so many places to visit, but we've so little time! .... and money. But we'll survive.. perhaps Anthony can busk on the street, singing Faye Wong's Wo Yuan Yi :P To date, our itinerary is as follow: 17 - 18 May: Athen 19 - 20 May: We intend to join a "2-day Delphi & Meteora tour" 21 - 25 May: Overnite ferry to Rhodes Island (World Heritage-listed medieval town where Knights used to live) 26 - 27 May: Romantic Santorini 28 - 31 May: White sandy beaches Naxos 1 - 6 Jun: Driving around Peloponnese 7 - 8 Jun: Athens 9 Jun: Home Sweet Home :) We'll try to find time at Internet cafes to update this blog as much as ... read more

When you mention to people that you are going to Greece, almost everybody has an opinion on Athens and whether it’s worth visiting. “Smoggy, dirty and crowded” are the usual adjectives people use when talking about Athens. I can’t imagine going to Greece for the first time and NOT visiting Athens. How do you land in the city and manage to avoid going to see the Acropolis, the Temple of Zeus and see the city where so much of Western Civilization started? Sure, it’s a crowded city with its share of grime, graffiti and so forth but it also how some wonderful, magical corners and experiences to be had. Since the Olympics were in Athens in 2004, there have been big changes to the infrastructure which is a huge boon to travelers. The main improvement ... read more

Woke up pretty early and got on my flight to Athens. It was a 2 hour flight and everything went smoothly. I was meeting Alicia there as her flight was coming in a half hour after mine. After getting my bag i realized her flight is on the same baggage carousel and i waited no more then 10 minutes before meeting up. We then took the train to the metro station and got off on the stop that was noted on her directions (she got an apartment from a friend in Athens) and from there, well her directions/map well was not much more then some chicken scratch on a paper. So we walked every which way, and asked more then a half dozen people on how to find our street where the apartment was. Mind you, ... read more

Island CruiseJulie J Vanover So today, I took a Greek ferry and the good new is it didn't sink! I did a one day excursion to a Greek Island called Aegina. Now it is definitely no Santorini (which is what I really wanted to see but it was just too long of a ferry) but it was cute. There were too different ruins in it, one the Sanctuary of Aphaia had a really nice temple that was quite beautiful. Then I went to the beach and I really wanted to swim in the Mediterranean for the first time, but there were no lockers or anything to put my stuff so I just waded around and walked the beach. There were tons of teenagers on some school trip everywhere! Yesterday I went to the Archeology Museum here ... read more