Charlotte airport

Landed a bit early despite leaving Munich about 1/2 hr late. Went to the foreigners line in customs which wasted about 1/2 hr. Not really our fault - folks in charge of the line were useless. DespiteЧитать далее
München airport

Landing to snow on the ground and 25 degrees! Touchdown at 7:25 am. In long line at 10:30 to clear customs. Will see how long this takes. Just tried to go thru the Easy Pass line but my temp passportЧитать далее
Stanley Hotel to Airport

Up at 12:30 am for last second packing, shower. Uber (supposedly) to pick us up. Amazing number of people hanging out on street below. No idea why / probably a Saturday night thing
Uber picked us upЧитать далее
Dinner at restaurant near our Hotel

Starting off with a Greek salad (delicious), followed by grilled Breem, mousaka and a tiny cup of yogurt with quince jam ( on the house).
Going to bed at 9 to grab 3 hrs of sleep before catching anЧитать далее
National Archeological Museum

5 euro entrance fee pp. caught the subway from the Ancient Agora to here. Thank you Rick Steve for being our verbal tour guide through all these sites ( Acropolis, Agora, and National Museum). So gladЧитать далее
Ancient Agora

Walked down from the Parthenon for about 10 minutes to the Agora, passing lots and lots of street vendors. Google maps was helpful in directing us the right way. Spent the next few hours walkingЧитать далее
Acropolis

Had breakfast with some buddies this morning from the Group. Had said goodbye last night, but they were down for breakfast, so got a chance to day goodbye again! Had the usual incredible buffet andЧитать далее
Aegina island

Home to pistachios!
Poros

Hydra

Great stop at island of Hydra. Donkey riding, eating warm milk pie ( like custard pie) - fresh out of the oven, petting lots of cats, shopping. Back on the board for a really good buffet lunch. Now onЧитать далее
Cruise to the islands

Dinner in Athens

I think I’ve gained 10 lbs here!
Delphi - Athens

Group photos, lunch. On the way back to Athens. Going out for dinner somewhere tonite after a short city tour. Tomorrow 7 am sharp for a 13 hr day visiting islands south of Athens.
Delphi Sanctuary visit

Delphi

The drive up to this mountain village is awesome! See pics for the view from our room! Quite a drive up to this little mountain town in a motor coach. Switchbacked 2 lane road. Driver is a pro.
HadЧитать далее
Breaktime for mountain tea

Lunch in Olympia

Cooking class/lunch. Making Tzatziki, Tiropita (cheese pie), Kolokithokeftedes ( veggie zuccchini balls). See video. Also two ladies teaching the art of Greek Dancing, complete with dancing onЧитать далее
Olympia - visit

Great dinner last night (huge buffet) - nice hotel - comfortable beds. Enjoyed dining with Julie and Michael - new friends on our tour! All liberals - so a happy bunch. :) Huge buffet breakfast.Читать далее
Olympia

Crossing the countryside to the origin of the Olympics. Destination - Hotel Europa. http://www.hoteleuropa.gr/index.php?language=en)
Nafplio

Our stop for lunch. Was the first capital of Greece
A little sea bass, olives,bread, some wine some calamari followed up with some gelato. All good. Beautiful day out sunny mid 70’s., Very nice townЧитать далее
Mycenae

Next stop - in the second millennium BC, Mycenae was one of the major centres of Greek civilization, a military stronghold which dominated much of southern Greece and parts of southwest Anatolia. TheЧитать далее
Corinth Canal

So we're off for our trip across the Peloponnese! We arrive before long at the Corinth canal Built in 1893. Actually closed at the moment due to a large landslide. (which you can't actually tell byЧитать далее
Acropolis museum / Plaka / Syntagma

Got out of Embassy with my new passport at 11:40. caught a taxi for 4 euros to the museum. Young English speaking driver. Caught the tour just in time. Will return to visit the Acropolis on SaturdayЧитать далее
At the Embassy

Had some breakfast quickly (awesome buffet - could sit here and eat for hours!) and then met Demetrius, my GATE1 emergency contact who is being so kind as to take me to the Embassy for my 8:30 appt.Читать далее
Gate 1 Group Meeting

So we had our group meeting (about 41 people on our tour), mostly from the US, a few from Canada. Many have been on multiple Gate1 tours. Tour guide (goes by "Effie", short for a very long Greek name)Читать далее