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    • Greece, Egypt and Jordan
      Day 2

      Checking in to our AirBnB

      December 22, 2022 in Greece ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C

      We found our way from the airport to our AirBnB apartment without too much difficulty. The place is clean and comfortable and only a 10-minute walk from the Acropolis - the perfect base for our 4-night stay.Read more

    • Greece, Egypt and Jordan
      Day 3

      The worst meal ever!!

      December 23, 2022 in Greece ⋅ 🌙 12 °C

      When we finished our visit to the Acropolis, we found a bar and watched the sun set changing the colour of the stone on the Parthenon. Mark had a pint of Mythos and I had a Radler (lemon beer). Why on earth can't we get this in the UK??

      We then headed back to our apartment. We were still full from our food tour so didn't want much to eat. We called at the minimarket round the corner from our digs. I fancied some soup. The only kind they had was a powdered tomato 🍅 soup with tiny pieces of pasta in it. It sounded ideal so armed with that and a fresh crusty loaf, we made our way home.

      I used Google translate to tell me what the Greek cooking instructions meant (isn't technology wonderful??). I followed the recipe to the letter but the result tasted and looked like dirty washing up water!! It was inedible! Good job we weren't hungry!

      We finished the day with the obligatory annual watch of Love Actually - our favourite Christmas movie. Over the years, we have watched it in many unusual places including the Gambia, Cat Ba Island in Vietnam, and Rome. Last year, we went to a screening with full live orchestra at the Barbican in York 😀      Read more

    • Greece, Egypt and Jordan
      Day 4

      Christmas Eve wake up call

      December 24, 2022 in Greece ⋅ ☀️ 7 °C

      As we were leaving the apartment this morning, a truck was coming slowly up the street. It was full of people, with others walking behind, all dressed in Santa 🎅 suits. Loud Christmas music was blaring out and neighbours were coming out of their houses to give donations. It certainly put a smile 😃 on our faces!

      We were to see several of these during the day. We also saw lots of children wearing Santa 🎅 hats and singing carols. All of them were playing triangles! I had no idea there were so many triangles in the world! 😂      Read more

    • Greece, Egypt and Jordan
      Day 4

      A couple of bus tours

      December 24, 2022 in Greece ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C

      We do like a hop-on hop-off bus tour when we're in a new city and, after walking 🚶‍♀️ over 26,000 steps yesterday, it seemed like the perfect way to spend today.

      There are three tourist bus routes in and around Athens. We did two of them today - the city tour and the Attica Coast.

      It was a warm and sunny morning and the city tour was very enjoyable. We hopped on and stayed on until we completed the circuit - no hopping off for us! 😂 We did earmark a couple of places to go back to tomorrow.

      Once we'd done the loop, we went for a really expensive drink - one small beer and one coffee = €11!!

      Suitably refreshed, we hopped on another bus to go and see the coastal resorts south of Athens. Our intention had been to hop off at one of the resorts to have lunch before catching the last bus back to the city. In the end, we stayed on until the end and did the full circuit. It was still sunny, but it was freezing cold on the top deck of the open-topped bus. We figured it would be even colder if we came back a couple of hours later. Also, as nice as the beaches ⛱ and resorts looked, it is winter and many of the restaurants appeared to be closed. There were plenty of brave souls sunbathing, though. Some of them were even swimming 🏊‍♀️ 🥶🧊 - bonkers!!      Read more

    • TravelerFrance and Greece 2018
      Day 15

      On to Athens

      November 3, 2018 in Greece ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

      We flew to Athens today from Paros. I had to take a picture of the departure area at the Paros airport. The grey door on the left leads to the one scanning machine and another lounge on the other side about the same size...smallest airport ever, I think, but chatting with a couple there who have gone there a long time, it is bigger than it used to be.
      We navigated the Athens Metro system and a short uphill walk to get to our Airbnb, within the area of the Acropolis. We are quite disappointed in the city itself. The part we are in is run down, graffiti everywhere, sidewalks broken up. Not very appealing. Of course, you can see the Acropolis and the temple of Zeus from the rooftop patio of our building, so there are some redeeming qualities.
      We walked to Hadrian's Arch which sits right near the Temple of Zeus. The Temple was begun in 515 BC but was not finished until Hadrian did so in 131 BC. Some columns are still standing and they are huge!! The whole structure was as long as a football field, but not quite as wide.
      We also visited the Panathenaic Stadium, home to the modern era Olympic Games. It is a magnificent stadium, built totally of stone, seats and all, reconstructed on the site of an ancient stadium for the 1896 games, the first of the modern era. It could hold 68,000 people. I won my event, as you can see from the picture. Dave won his as well, but was too tired to climb the podium.      Read more

    • TravelerFrance and Greece 2018
      Day 16

      The Acropolis

      November 4, 2018 in Greece ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

      What a day! We walked to the Acropolis and climbed up to the top with thousands of others. During the off season the first Sunday in each month is free to go into the Acropolis. We had bought a pass for several sites anyway, but the masses turned out for the first free Sunday today. There is so much more to the site than the Parthenon...much more than I ever realized. We visited the ruins of the ancient temple of Dionysis and the Theatre of Dionysis, which is quite well in tact. As we gradually climbed the hill, we came to the Odeum of Herodea Atticus, another theatre, larger and very impressive. Continuing up we went by the Temple of Athena Nike near the magnificent entrance to the top level. There, of course, is the Parthenon, an absolutely huge structure and one of the most recognized in the world. Near it is the Temple dedicated to Athena and Poseidon.
      The walk down from the Acropolis was most interesting because of the crowd. A waiting line 15 people wide had to merge onto a stairway, 3 people wide, so it took quite a long time, but everyone was patient as we inched our way along and then down the stairs and the slope.
      We headed for the Ancient and Roman Agoras, located end to end. You need to use some imagination to picture the marketplaces that once were situated there. We had lunch right next to the Roman Agora, in an outside cafe and tried to absorb the ancient vibes. We then walked through the Agora. One building still standing there is the Tower of Winds. A church on the grounds has been turned into a museum for recognizing the international archeological groups who have contributed to the work done in Greece.
      Through the day we had gotten farther and farther from home, so the walk back took quite a while. We went along one of the main shopping streets, closed to traffic, and full of people, which surprised us on a Sunday. This one street had to be at least a kilometre long, and there were lots of others crossing it as well.
      On our return, we took a glass of wine up to the rooftop patio and enjoyed the view of the Acropolis as the sun was setting. An appropriate way to end our day in Athens.      Read more

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    Kynosárgous, Kynosargous, Κυνοσάργους

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