Blogs from Attica, Greece, Europe - page 118

I'm sad to leave Turkey though I'm much relieved not to have to pay anymore for the privilege to use a squat toilet and then flush my business by hand with a water jug. As with all of my other trips to third world countries they always seem to give me the parting gift of serious travellers stomach upset. Janice and I both got it, and luckily I have ciprofloxin with me. We did contemplate going to get Janice her own personal antibiotics but that would require going to a hospital. Do they not have personal doctors operating out of small clinics that like dealing with friendly travellers like us? We spent a day on the island of Samos suntanning in the little town of Pythagorias. I'm proud to say I've finally immersed my whole body ... read more

Good Morning. Its just before 7 am here in Athens and I am enjoying a morning orange juice while waiting for Aisha and gang to finish getting ready so we can head out to Corinth. The sunset off of our hotel balcony is a stunning mix of orange, red, and pink overlooking the mountains opposite the Acropolis. The night lights of the Acropolis light the mountaintop on fire with such a glow that makes you want to climb up and look down over the city of Athens. The air this morning is crisp and the hotel is bustling with guests who are ready to adventure out to various locations throughout Greece or the world. Everyone has been super nice so far, with a smile or hello. The hotel rooms are smaller than my room in EC ... read more

Only have a minute. Today we did a bunch of touristy stuff. Saw the Acropolis, Roman Agora, Ancient Agora. It was more interesting than this blog, but we gotta run. More later!... read more

HEY ALL!!! so here i am, safe and sound. i'm glad you all were able to get access to the blog and are enjoying it so far! if you know neone i've missed that would like it let me know so i can add them in! Athens is beautiful (i like rome better, but hey- what can u expect from an italian?) the acropolis was AMAZING, so crazy that it was built something like 3000 yrs ago! WOAH!! so neway, i'll start @ the beginning. our flight took off @ 5:30ish our time (i dunno where u got 8 from PD) BUT i missed it cuz i was already asleep- i guess that's too be expected when u're too nervous/anxious/excited to sleep the night before (of course i was anxious, i was leaving my bear behind- ... read more

Geo: 37.9792, 23.7166We've had a great day today. We arrived in Naxos yesterday from Athens after spending one night in a pretty nice room overlooking the Acroplis. It has taken us a couple of days to get into the Greek way of doing things but now we are into it and having a ball. We spent a fairly relaxing day in Paris strolling along the Siene (river) and checking out the Notre Dame. It was interesting watching the barges cruise down the river and looking in at all the little streets along the way. Not to mention the the fabulous food.I was into a cheese fix after being in Japan which was no problem in France. We didn't have anything in particular in mind apart from soaking up the atmosphere so just spent a bit of ... read more