TravBuddy.com: xaroula's Greece, Winter 2005-2006 travel blog Copyright 2005 TravBuddy LLC http://www.travbuddy.com/blogs/382 My one-month long trip in Athens, Peloponnese, and Syros. This included my work as a teacher of another Study Travel tour, as well as a much-needed vacation with my mother to Ermoupoli and Arcadia. en-us Thu, 28 Dec 2006 09:25:21 PST Attalos Hotel Athens http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/382/Athens-Greece-18 Thu, 28 Dec 2006 09:25:21 PST Attalos Hotel Athens Athens, Greece, Dec 28, 2006

I have now stayed in seven different rooms at the Attalos Hotel:  singles, doubles, and triples.  In all of these rooms the facilities were…

]]> Kerameikos Archaeological Site and Museum http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/382/Athens-Greece-18 Thu, 28 Dec 2006 18:32:59 PST Kerameikos Archaeological Site and Museum Athens, Greece, Dec 28, 2006

This site was closed for many years (beginning in 1999) but has opened again. The Museum was completely renovated and reinstalled, and the lighting a…

]]> National Historical Museum http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/382/Athens-Greece-18 Thu, 28 Dec 2006 18:44:04 PST National Historical Museum Athens, Greece, Dec 28, 2006

The National Historical Museum is located in the beautiful neoclassical building that used to house the Parliament, at Kolokotroni Square, right in t…

]]> Epilogue http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/382/Epilogue-17 Mon, 13 Mar 2006 11:23:37 PST Epilogue Providence, Rhode Island, Mar 13, 2006

I just found out that I will be returning to Greece in September for a whole year!  Until then, hard work and lots of planning.  We will ha…

]]> Trip ends with a great museum http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/382/Trip-ends-great-museum-16 Sun, 22 Jan 2006 07:16:11 PST Trip ends with a great museum Athens, Greece, Jan 22, 2006

On our last full day in Athens, we visited the National Gallery, which had a fantastic temporary exhibition of the works of Iakovidis.  Aside fr…

]]> Early morning trip to Tripoli http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/382/Early-morning-trip-Tripoli-15 Fri, 20 Jan 2006 07:10:58 PST Early morning trip to Tripoli Tripolis, Greece, Jan 20, 2006

I left the hotel at 6:00am to catch the morning bus to Tripoli, and I arrived in the city at 9:45.  After a delightful morning, I took the bus t…

]]> Athens again http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/382/Athens-again-14 Sun, 15 Jan 2006 07:06:33 PST Athens again Athens, Greece, Jan 15, 2006

After an amazing trip to Syros, we headed back to the mainland to catch up on our cultural duties.  We scrapped plans to go to Rhodes in favor o…

]]> Ermoupolis http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/382/Ermoupolis-13 Wed, 11 Jan 2006 07:01:37 PST Ermoupolis Ermoupoli, Syros, Greece, Jan 11, 2006

We arrived in Ermoupoli at noon on the ferry for a stay of four days.  One of the coolest things we found was a great old bookstore in Ermoupoli…

]]> A vacation from our vacation http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/382/vacation-our-vacation-12 Tue, 10 Jan 2006 01:00:32 PST A vacation from our vacation Athens, Greece, Jan 10, 2006

Today is a day of relaxing in the city before we head out to an island tomorrow (which one?  I don't know!).  We are planning to go to the …

]]> Back to Athens http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/382/Back-Athens-11 Mon, 09 Jan 2006 00:59:40 PST Back to Athens Athens, Greece, Jan 09, 2006

Today we drove back to Tripoli.  We gave Giorgos a ride (as well as some random ancient guy we saw on the side of the road who missed the only b…

]]> Four Archaeological sites http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/382/Four-Archaeological-sites-10 Sun, 08 Jan 2006 06:51:42 PST Four Archaeological sites Megalopolis, Greece, Jan 08, 2006

Today we drove to Ancient Gortys on the Lousios River and saw the site and wandered around for a while on the Lousios paths; then we drove to Ancient…

]]> Oreina Arkadias http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/382/Oreina-Arkadias-9 Sat, 07 Jan 2006 00:54:39 PST Oreina Arkadias Andritsaina, Greece, Jan 07, 2006

Today Joan and I drove Argyris to the villages of Elliniko, Karytaina, and Andritsaina, and we visited the archaeological site of Vasses (the temple …

]]> Stemnitsa Arkadias http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/382/Stemnitsa-Arkadias-8 Fri, 06 Jan 2006 06:36:56 PST Stemnitsa Arkadias Stemnitsa, Greece, Jan 06, 2006

Early this morning, the kids left for the airport (at 5:30am I think).  I slept a little later, then got breakfast at Grigoris with Joan.  …

]]> National Archaeological Museum http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/382/National-Archaeological-Museum-7 Thu, 05 Jan 2006 06:32:06 PST National Archaeological Museum Athens, Greece, Jan 05, 2006

This morning it was pouring.  We went to the National Archaeological Museum by train (Victoria) but we had to walk from there.  So many new…

]]> Aigina http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/382/Aigina-6 Wed, 04 Jan 2006 06:24:25 PST Aigina Aegina, Greece, Jan 04, 2006

We set out early on the train to Peiraias, where Katrina and I bought ferry tickets for Aigina.  After an uneventful ferry ride, we arranged for…

]]> Epidaurus http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/382/Epidaurus-5 Tue, 03 Jan 2006 06:10:23 PST Epidaurus Ancient Epidauros, Greece, Jan 03, 2006

Early this morning we loaded up the vans and took the kids to the site of Ancient Epidauros to see the theater, the site, and the museum.  It wa…

]]> Through Inner Arcadia http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/382/Through-Inner-Arcadia-4 Mon, 02 Jan 2006 06:01:13 PST Through Inner Arcadia Nafplio, Greece, Jan 02, 2006

Next morning, after breakfast I had a long conversation with Susanna's husband about the best route through Arcadia.  Following his recommendati…

]]> Ancient Olympia http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/382/Ancient-Olympia-3 Sun, 01 Jan 2006 06:00:23 PST Ancient Olympia Archaia Olympia, Greece, Jan 01, 2006

Dinner in Delphi was a difficult event.  The place we went, Bacchus Taverna, was fine, but I was feeling a bit out of it.  Steve went back …

]]> The trip so far http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/382/trip-far-2 Fri, 30 Dec 2005 00:00:01 PST The trip so far Delphi, Greece, Dec 30, 2005

On Wednesday afternoon, I went out to meet Anne at the airport.  She was late getting in because her bag was lost, oops.  Then we had coffe…

]]> Setting out... http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/382/Setting-out-1 Wed, 28 Dec 2005 05:12:22 PST Setting out... Athens, Greece, Dec 28, 2005

I left my house around 10:30 and promptly realized I had forgotten something.  After such an auspicious start, I decided to forget it and go to …

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