Destination: Greece

Greece is the Word

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 | By vagabonds | Views [1306]

Suddenly it’s summer.   After four cold months in Europe, we are wearing shorts.   Oh, yeah, we are in Athens! It is surreal being in Greece.   Gone is the beauty of France, the orderliness of Germany and the familiarity of England.... Read more >

Photos: Greece

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 | By vagabonds | Photo Gallery

Schengen: The Good and The Bad

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 | By vagabonds | Views [3005]

The Schengen Accords are great if you live in the European Union.  Now you can travel freely - even move from one country to another - without hassle.  If you live in Estonia, for example, now you can move to France and get a job. But it's different ... Read more >

My Photo scholarship 2011 entry

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 | By tsakiris | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Tags: #2011wnphoto, travel photography scholarship 2011

63. try traditional greek salad and gyros when in greece

Tue, 9 Aug 2011 | By lauren-farr | Views [474]

greek salad is refreshing. pretty much the same as the greek salad that they serve at home however sometimes overloaded with oil. gyros is a whole other experience. some what like a kabab but not quite. the meat tasted like hamburger but without the ... Read more >

54. hike a live volcano

Mon, 8 Aug 2011 | By lauren-farr | Views [547]

it was a hike. we walked to the top of the Nea Kameni, a volcanic island of santorini said to possibly e one of the largest volcanic eruptions the earth has ever seen. there were parts of the island where the soil was extremely hot. this was followed ... Read more >

14. cruise the greek islands

Sat, 6 Aug 2011 | By lauren-farr | Views [468]

and cruise we did. the cruise ship experience wasn't quite like i had imagined. I think it was smaller than the ones that i had heard about. we still had a great time cruising from Mykonos to Turkey to Patmos to Crete and then Santorini back to ... Read more >

Rejseforeberedelser!

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 | By torbengreece | Views [212]

Saa har jeg aabnet en rejseblog saa I kan foelge lidt med paa vores tur til Indien - hvis jeg altsaa skriver og oploader noget iloebet af turen :) Vi rejser fra  Athen d. 8 august - og vores "foreloebige rejseplan" kan ses her: http://maps.... Read more >

Photos: Island of winds

Tue, 5 Jul 2011 | By luna_rosa | Photo Gallery

Photos: Study Abroad #2

Fri, 1 Jul 2011 | By livefasttravel | Photo Gallery

Tags: abroad, athens, crete, greece, study, study abroad

Photos: Our House

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 | By elishacurcio | Photo Gallery

Week 3, or, Chronic Overcrowding and shoddy carpenters.

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 | By elishacurcio | Views [428]

So we all seem to be settling in to our cramped living quaters. I mean, not quite so much screaming echoing down from our courtyard. I didn't even bite anyone yesterday. Not even when mosquito o'clock came around (approx 6pm-10pm: dusk) and I found myself ... Read more >

Photos: Actual pictures

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 | By oulupulu | Photo Gallery

“Up the Hill” 12 June 11

Sun, 12 Jun 2011 | By 3d_media | Views [302]

Greatest Hits of the day: National Museum of Archeology - Big rain - Up the St. George’s Hill - Dinner at Plaka Roof Top Restaurant - More Hotel Roof Top views. 7,000 years of history: The earliest settlements in ... Read more >

Day 9

Sun, 12 Jun 2011 | By oulupulu | Views [205]

Trip home - ferry for an hour, bus for an hour, wait for an hour in the airport. It started raining again, and was raining as we left Greece. Rïga Airport was it's normal tiny bustling self - our World Nomads travel insurance expired sometime ... Read more >