October 11, 2018 in Greece ⋅ 🌬 22 °C
Our last day in Athens and also on this trip, well I supposed it is still another day on the plane back to Australia but that doesn't count.
Unfortunately Ximena tripped yesterday at the Parthenon while walking looking at the phone and rolled her ankle so we had to cancel the visit to the temple ofRead more
October 10, 2018 in Greece ⋅ 🌬 20 °C
We got up early and walked to the Acropolis so we were at the gate when it opened. The climb to the Acropolis wasn't that hard as expected, if anything less harder than the colosseum in Rome.
With no so many people around we managed to get some good photos.
By the time we were leaving (close toRead more
October 9, 2018 in Greece ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
No much to report today, left the hotel in Santorini at 9:30, quick check-in, on the plane by 11:20, landing in Athens 45 minutes later, at the hotel by 1.
The Acropolis is within a stone throw from the hotel and Partenon is visible from the dining room.
Looking at the Parthenon so high I justRead more
October 8, 2018 in Greece ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
We got breakfast at 8:30am and had a bit of a rest before heading to Oia.. thanks to a couple we found out the bus to Oia stops at the bottom of Imerovigli and the best way to get there is back to Fira and then from there to Oia.
The bus to Fira was busy but nothing like the one to Oia.. peopleRead more
October 7, 2018 in Greece ⋅ 🌙 18 °CWe woke up with a beautiful view of the sunrise , our breakfast served in our private balcony. We rested in the morning and in the afternoon visited Thira or Fira as it is mostly known and then walk back to Imerovigli... Fira is by far the biggest town filled with souvenir shops, restaurants andRead more
October 6, 2018 in Greece ⋅ 🌙 18 °CWe left Venice in the morning amidst a bit of a rain although I managed to get some last minute souvenirs and photos. From Venice we caught a train to Mestre for 1.30 euros and from there a taxi to the airport. We had a nice flight to Santorini with connection in Vienna. Our plane from Marco PoloRead more
October 5, 2018 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
We planned to get to Piazza San marco early but we were so tired that instead we slept through. By the time we had breakfast we ended up going to the Vaporetto at 9am... of course the boat was full so we had to let a couple of boats before we got in.
We left the boat at Rialto bridge and afterRead more
October 4, 2018 in Italy ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
From Florence we took the Frecciargento speed train to Venice. We arrived in this beautiful city at around midday the hotel checking was at 2pm so we left the bags in custody and went for lunch.
For a break we had Chinese food and then went to have a look at the canals.
After checking in we had aRead more
October 3, 2018 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
As we always do, we got early and beat the crowds. We took the 7:50 train to Pisa and arrived at Pisa Centralle at 9am, well maybe not that early but enough to get there before all the tour buses. Ximena woke up perfectly fine...good news
Getting from the station to the Tower was failry simple, weRead more
October 2, 2018 in Italy ⋅ 🌬 14 °C
Last breakfast at hotel Serena and then off to Roma Termini to catch our Frecciarossa train to Florence. The train went up to 250km/h so it covered the distance in a bit over an hour.
We arrived in Florence around 1 pm, had a rest and then went for a walk to see the city. The city centre is reallyRead more
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