Athens Travel Blogs - Page 2

Walked to the National Museum in the morning. Just in front of the museum, this strange looking couple approached me and the guy asked if I spoke English, I said yes, and he asked for some money. He said he was a drug addict but needed the money to sleep! I refused and they walked away. Maybe I…

i love art in the streets! this exhibition reminds me of the cow parade (couple of years ago) which i loved.  to be continued :)

Had been to Athens some years before, and got the chance to go back for, you guessed it, another game when Rangers were drawn against Panathinaikos. Decided to go out Tuesday to Friday, with the game being on the Thursday night. Started off ominously when on the Monday Athens Airport was shut…

  Athens – Another Amazing Acropolis Adventure   Maid of Athens, ere we part By Lord Byron – Athens, 1810   Maid of Athens, ere we part, Give, oh give me back my heart! Or, since that has left my breast, Keep it now, and take the rest! Hear my vow before I go, …

as a comparison with all the old theatres, we visited a new one. Very impressive, hard to make pictures though. at night we went back to the monument, as we had done for a few nights. But this time we went by Socrates' prison. Not clear if he build the prison or if he was in the prison. (last pict…

I decided that I was going to do something huge for my 21st birthday and since the opportunity came up to go to Europe, I took it. Some people thought I was nuts for going by myself but I have no regrets as it was the greatest birthday/trip anyone could ask for!

For todays task we had to find the Metro station in Pireas, which is Athens harbor. We were told by the German tourist advisor on board that it was easy to get to THE Acropolis if you take the Metro train. He explained how many stops and where to switch trains. I funniest thing was that he advise a…

The Evzones, or Evzoni, (Greek: Εύζωνες, Ευζώνοι) is the name of several historical elite light infantry and mountain units of the Greek Army. Today, it refers to the members of the Proedriki Froura (Presidential Guard), an elite ceremonial unit that guards the Greek Tomb of the …

Tell you my new experience, at the last day i wanted to invite my friend's family for dinner, i stayed in their house for the whole trip, we went to a restaruant, i knew the brother(George) not gonna let me pay for it, so i went to the til quite early and ask  'i wanna pay for that table' and …

After another late morning breakfast we headed out to visit Agios Georgios (Chapel of St. George), a 19th century Greek Orthodox Church atop Mount Lycabettus. Thankfully, this is a somewhat shady climb. The views of the city from the top are spectacular. There is also a bit of wind at the top wh…

This is a price list from a snack bar that sells Ouzo and mezedhes (Greek version of tapas!). The establishment known as an “ouzerí” in Greek is called “The Aegean Sea” and a little bottle of ouzo will cost you 7 €, a plate of fried whitebait 5 €, some grilled octopus 8.5 € and some …

Greece (01.01.2009 - 06.01.2009)   Previous history:   There’s not much to say only that this was a trip to visit my ex girlfriend and to spend some days together with her. The problem was that her parents did not accept me and therefore I could not stay at her house. So …

execution... moaning... anger... violence... anarchy... chaos... fear... confusion... insecurity... madness... questions... questions with no answer! so the story goes like that... saturday 6.12.2008: at about 9 oclock at night a cop executes a 15-year-old boy at Exarchia, a preety infamous,…

Day two started with a free breakfast in the executive lounge of the hotel. One of the perks of staying in an executive room :)~  Our driver, Loucis,  was picking us up in front of the hotel for our ½ day tour of the city at 10:00am, so we had plenty of time.   It was another hot…

Today,after spending too many hours at home with my friends,in front of the computer and then cooking(my God,geeks!!),we decided to go for a ride.You see,my friend Vanessa just got her lisence,and now we,the kamikazes,(me and Natasha) are driving around Athens,so that she can practise..and we enjoy…