Blogs from Attica, Greece, Europe - page 128

Today, we travel through the Peloponnese and cross the Corinth Canal to Athens. Had to get up at 6 this morning so we could catch the ferry to the mainland. Carted our bags up the stairs to the pool so they could be driven down to the coach, and was glad we didn't have to carry them down all the stairs. Had breakfast in a rush, there was no yoghurt so that was disappointing. Drove about half an hour to the port, then got on as foot passangers while Marty waited to drive the bus on. Left at about 8.45, heading straight for the mainland. Sat inside as it was cold and a bit rainy. It was set up like an aeroplane, with rows of seats and a TV at the front. The shop was ... read more

another of my list of 'must dos' ... the parthenon in Athens... the only european thing on our list for this trip so I was pretty excited about this bit!! despite being very sad to be leaving england and the comfort of my second home we got a little bit excited about starting our adventure again! unfortunately, not being good greek orthodox people we neglected to know that it was greek easter and we were arriving on the equivalent of good friday!! so we flew in not knowing if anything would be open the entire time we were there! our first morning there was their easter sunday equivalent which meant that absolutely everything was closed... and i mean everything!! the town was a ghost town... no one in the cafes, no one on the metro... no ... read more

We have been traveling a quite a bit away from the trusty laptop in our stateroom and haven’t had a chance to post a Travelblog, so now that we have a couple of sea days we’ll try to make up for it. After leaving Egypt our ship visited the Greek island of Santorini, Athens on the mainland, and Istanbul in rapid succession. Santorini is a small island with not a great deal to see, but very scenic and lovely. It lies in the Aegean Sea off the southern coast of Greece. In 1500 BC a volcano at the center of the island erupted and the center of the island literally exploded, leaving the harbor in which we anchored. Tenders took us a short distance ashore. Thira, the island’s main town, is at the top of ... read more

The words of the day are : "It does not exist" As of last night the Train in Greece did not exist, Tourist informaition anywhere in Greece still does not exist, and Olympia didn't exist. We were supposed to go to Delphi today. We got up at 5:30am to catch the 7:30 bus there allowing ourselves pleanty of time. Because the bus system sucks we did not make it. Things are not very clearly marked and are hard to find. Anyways it was probably good because we spent the day locating the train station and coming up with more concrete plans. The ferries in greece run sparatically. There are boats to placs but not back or things like the boats only run on Tuesday. Also the raods and cities are spelt differently depending on where you ... read more

From Rob: Deanne and I visited Spetses, Greece right after our trip to Mount Kilimanjaro via London and Barbados. The cool thing was that we incidentally learned about Athena Travel, which set up this very cheap trip for a Last-Minute deal (found all over London). We had to take a flight at around 3 a.m., then an early morning ferry to the island. But it was so worth it! Spetses was a fine place to visit. On the issue of race and ethnicity, it was an interesting experience. We noticed that little kids would blatantly point at us, simply because of the color of our skin. They had little or no contact with Black people. This happened as we walked down the street into town. It happened while eating dinner at a restaurant. In the latter ... read more