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Having exported chaos, drama, tragedy and democracy before most nations were staying up late enough to want souvlaki, Greece boasts an unrivalled legacy. But don't expect a visit there to be a sober study of the ancient world - the Greek propensity for partying dates back to Dionysos.
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Tue, 20 Oct 2009 | By bec-simon | Views [21]
Massive effort to get from Rome to Santorini in a day! We left fairly early to get to the plane to Athens then after the flight we just made it onto a bus direct to Pireaus port where we were catching the ferry to Santorini. All going well until the ... Read more >
Tags: beaches, greek islands, fira, ferry
Sat, 17 Oct 2009 | By jmmal2 | Views [26]
Ok this is my second attempt at a Greece blog. wrote one at the end of greece and then lost it all when the comp froze. since then i have been very lax. Well... arrived in Greece via ferry. we splashed out on room in the overnight ferry and caught up ... Read more >
Thu, 15 Oct 2009 | By kiwi_kids | Views [19]
Well here we are on our holiday from our holiday! Arrived in Athens on a flight from Milan on the 5th October. Spent two nights in Athens, checked out the sights, including the temple of Zeus and the Acropolis. Very very old, but still very cool. From ... Read more >
Tue, 29 Sep 2009 | By jimandnicadventure | Views [40]
Saturday
26 th September
Argostoli
Well
we didn't expect this! Rain in the Greek islands!
We
awoke to rain on our balcony and decided that we had made the ... Read more >
Tue, 29 Sep 2009 | By jimandnicadventure | Views [40]
Friday
25 th September
Piraeus/Athens
Piraeus
is not a particularly pretty port, then again, Athens is not a
particularly pretty city. But the Acropolis is fairly outstanding.... Read more >
Tue, 29 Sep 2009 | By jimandnicadventure | Views [40]
Thursday
24 th September
Rhodes
At
sunrise we were able to see the coast of Rhodes Island. On the other
side of the boat we can see the Turkish coast only 12 kms away. We
chose ... Read more >
Tue, 29 Sep 2009 | By jimandnicadventure | Views [44]
Wednesday
23 rd September
Somewhere
in the Aegean Sea
We're
heading from the Italian to the Grecian coast today. We passed
through the Canal of Ithica and then traveled through ... Read more >
Tue, 15 Sep 2009 | By coconuts | Views [77] | Comments [1]
TRAVEL ITINERARY FOR JANET
Tuesday 15 th
September Singapore Airlines , Perth – Singapore
SQ
226, Depart ... Read more >
Tue, 8 Sep 2009 | By amy_smith | Views [71] | Comments [1]
I'm not actually sure where we are anymore. I thought Krabe was a city but it seems to be a county or province, we're more specifically in Au Nang (have to pronounce it like there's peanut butter stuck to the roof of your mouth) and it is beautiful here.... Read more >
Tue, 8 Sep 2009 | By jolinklater | Views [34]
September 3 So we caught the midnight ferry and was actually very nice! We grabbed ourselves a nice dark corner and rolled out the sleeping bag, and had quite a good sleep! Woke up about 9am and then had a pleasant view of arriving into Santorini ... Read more >
Sat, 5 Sep 2009 | By amy_smith | Views [63] | Comments [1]
So far Koh Pha Ngan is not my favourite place to be - in that our accommodations are not all that accommodating, the beach next to our place is rocky and the beautiful "5 minute away" beach is actually a good half hour drive away haha. Nothing ... Read more >
Wed, 2 Sep 2009 | By jolinklater | Views [39]
August 31 We arrive at the airport and are greeted by about a 50 army men all in their uniforms, looking very fine and dandy...so Lisa and i sat for about 30mins until we had to go board our flight, and took in the 'scenery', mmm...haha... The plane ... Read more >
Tue, 25 Aug 2009 | By dan_and_anna | Views [56]
Athens
glorious Athens.... I don't know what is more exciting, the fact that
we are in this amazing city or that we are almost finished with our
contiki tour... Now don't get me wrong, we have had a great time ... Read more >
Sat, 22 Aug 2009 | By dan_and_anna | Views [124] | Comments [1]
So
we were back on the bus again next stop was to be Corfu... We had an
overnight ferry to the magical island (our first night sleep in a bed
since the beginning of this contiki) were we were treated to tallies
of ... Read more >
Tue, 18 Aug 2009 | By amy_smith | Views [104] | Comments [2]
I've gotten so used to interpreting Greek letters that I don't even know what's English anymore. Heraklion (Iraklio) and Chania (or Xania, pronounced Han-eeya) are the two cities I visited on the island of Crete. Now, the travel agent that spent over ... Read more >
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