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Greece 2022
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- Sep 4, 2022, 10:00am
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Altitude: 84 m
- Greece Attica Athens Akadimia National Library of Greece 37.980372, 23.73309937°58’49” N 23°43’59” E
Day 3
Atek
September 4, 2022 in Greece ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
זוכרים שהתלהבנו מציור קיר, מצאנו את האמן וכתבנו לו באינסטגרם? אז הוא ענה!
אמרנו לו שנשמח לקנות יצירה שלו, אם זה אפשרי. הוא ענה "בטח, למה לא" והזמין אותנו לסטודיו שלו שבוע הבא (כשנחזור לאתונה).
כמובן שנמשיך לעדכן, ובנתיים הנה האינסטגרם שלו, שתוכלו להתלהב גם https://instagram.com/_takeatek?igshid=YmMyMTA2…Read more
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Noga prat אלופות!!
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Nadine und Dominik Griechenland 01.04. - 16.04.23
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- Apr 13, 2023, 12:41pm
- ☀️ 20 °C
- Altitude: 83 m
- Greece Attica Athens Akadimia National Library of Greece 37.980598, 23.73331637°58’50” N 23°43’60” E
Day 13
Die Athener Trilogie
April 13, 2023 in Greece ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Während es bei modernen Filmen viele klassische Trilogien (z.B. Herr der Ringe) gibt, gibt es eine ganz alte und sehr schöne Trilogie hier in Athen. Bei den drei Gebäuden handelt es sich um die Athener Akademie, die Nationale Universität von Athen und die Griechische Nationalbibliothek, welche sich direkt nebeneinander befinden. Ganz rechts ist die Akademie von Athen, die höchste Forschungseinrichtung des Landes. Das Hauptgebäude wurde 1885 gebaut. Direkt neben dem Gebäude stehen auf Säulen die Figuren von Athene und Apollo und vor dem Gebäude die sitzenden Marmorfiguren von Platon und Sokrates. Das Gebäude in der Mitte, in dem die Universität von Athen untergebracht ist, wurde 1843 gebaut. Ganz links ist die Nationalbibliothek Griechenlands. Diese wurde 1903 gebaut. Die Bibliothek besitzt 4.500 griechische Handschriften und 570.000 Titel in der allgemeinen Sammlung. Im Jahr 2018 zog der Großteil der Bibliothek in ein neues Gebäude um. Vor allem der sehr imposante Aufgang zur Nationalbibliothek hat uns sehr gut gefallen! Von der Trilogie gings wieder weiter in Richtung Lykavittos Hügel.Read more
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Europe 2019
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- Sep 3, 2019, 12:00am
- ⛅ 22 °C
- Altitude: 102 m
- Greece Attica Athens Akadimia 37.983333, 23.73333337°58’60” N 23°43’60” E
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Day 29
The Next Paradise
September 3, 2019 in Greece ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
It’s always good when you don’t have an early start. We enjoyed our last breakfast on our balcony and then returned our hire car and got a lift to the port to catch the ferry to Syros. It was and amazing ferry so different to the ones I caught 35 years ago. One thing isn’t different, they serve crappy food!

We arrived at the port of Syros and were immediately aware of how different this place was to Santorini. About a third of the tourists in town and really gorgeous small cobbled streets and lovely buildings.

We met Kostas our Air BnB host at the town hall and he helped us carry our heavy bags up 145 stairs, thank goodness! We arrived at Villa Maria and were really glad we moved to this island, the room is beautiful and we have a great balcony overlooking the town and port. Felt very relaxed from the start.

Didn’t take us long to set out exploring and first stop was a small cafe that served homemade sangrias so of course we had to sample them. Cafe overlooking the local swimming spot and town. We dragged ourselves away and went and found a supermarket for some breakfast supplies and took them back to our BnB.

We headed out to find a place for dinner recommended by Kostas and found one of them that was a locals place and we ordered way too much food but it was all yummy!

It had been a long day so we managed to find our way back and went to bed. Only thing was the movie playing down in the square was so loud that if we could seen the screen we could have watched it for free. We are amazed at the difference between the two islands and definitely prefer Syros.Read more
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Europe 2019
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- Sep 4, 2019, 11:00pm
- 🌙 27 °C
- Altitude: 102 m
- Greece Attica Athens Akadimia 37.983333, 23.73333337°58’60” N 23°43’60” E
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Day 30
Lazy day in Syros
September 4, 2019 in Greece ⋅ 🌙 27 °C
So if you thought yesterday was our lazy day, nope today was even lazier. We got up late and had a relaxed breakfast. And read our books till we were hungry again, about 2.00. So we wandered down to the local swimming spot, sat in a lovely restaurant right on the water and then started reading again. Oh and swimming, eating and the occasional drink, as you do. Wonderful afternoon and we got up to leave but 10 metres down the path decided to stay and watch the sunset. Very civilised.

Later in the evening we decided to go to the open air movies and armed with a yummy giros and drink we watched Once Upon A Time in Hollywood, which was a bit weird but seeing as we could hear it from our room we decided we may as well watch it. A late night, finished off with a yummy gelato and a walk up the 145 stairs to our room!Read more
Traveler I love this house.
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Europe 2019
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- Sep 5, 2019, 11:00pm
- ⛅ 25 °C
- Altitude: 102 m
- Greece Attica Athens Akadimia 37.983333, 23.73333337°58’60” N 23°43’60” E
Day 31
And Back to Athens
September 5, 2019 in Greece ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
All good things must come to an end and so today was our last day in Syros. We packed up our bags and Pete stayed at the room while I went and tried to do some shopping. I was amazed I found some warm clothes to buy for when we get to London. Also got a few trinkets, not much as the bag situation is pretty full and way heavy enough. Kostas our great host, helped us carry the bags down the 145 steps to the port.

We were early so we had some lunch and waited for the ferry. We had learnt a lesson on the previous ferry - don’t eat the food as you pay for it days after!

Back in Athens we made it back to our hotel and had a mad rush to get ready for the special dinner we had booked at the top of Lycabettus Hill called Orizontes. It was amazing when we finally got there, after the taxi driver took us to the back entrance and we had to rush up the steps so we didn’t miss out on our table. Slight problem as taxis don’t take cards and we scrapped together about 4.30 Euro and the driver let us off the rest!

After a great dinner we walked down the hill and back to the hotel to walk off all the food! Ready for an early start in the morning.Read more
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Traveler 2022 - What’s Next
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- May 25, 2022, 4:00am
- 🌙 20 °C
- Altitude: 95 m
- Greece Attica Athens Akadimia National Library of Greece 37.981417, 23.73240837°58’53” N 23°43’57” E
Day 145
Sittin' Here Restin' My Bones
May 25, 2022 in Greece ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
Had an uneventful and smooth flight out of Israel, and got a nice photo of Tel Aviv on our climb out of Ben Gurion Airport. Long layover now in Athens, but the lounge has opened for the last couple hours before takeoff to Corfu.Read more
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Traveler Athen
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- Feb 20, 2024, 6:28pm
- ☁️ 13 °C
- Altitude: 82 m
- Greece Attica Athens Akadimia National Library of Greece 37.981098, 23.73300137°58’52” N 23°43’59” E
Day 2
Besichtigung
February 20 in Greece ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Griechische Nationalbibliothek, Nationale und Kapodistrische Universität, Athener Akademie.
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