Destination: Greece

switzerland

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 | By celineo | Views [1305]

23/05/2007 - En Suisse Au bébut était le Vaud. Puis, nous avons assez vite rejoint le canton de Fribourg. Depuis Payerne nous avons pu suivre le chemin de St-Jacques, ce environ jusqu'à Interlaken. C'était une agréable surprise de tomber par hasard dessus.... Read more >

Tags: on the road

Gallery: Greek Islands - Dodecanese

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 | By bombers | Photo Gallery

Island Hopping, as they call it...

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 | By sophieollie | Views [991]

From Athens we caught the tube from the sparkling clean, almost brand new tube stations to the port. I now love cities with metro systems. No matter what the language, how far away or how weird a place you want to go to, the tube is cheaper than any ... Read more >

Tags: Beaches & sunshine

santorini

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 | By annatakesatrip | Views [680]

santorini is unique. it's like a GIGANTIC piece of rock surfaced above the sea and accrued civilization.  driving and walking along cliffs is wearisome to me, but i enjoyed the beaches and touristic areas of fira and oia.  i ALMOST rented a motor vehicle, ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

mykonos

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 | By annatakesatrip | Views [571]

white-washed buildings.  gorgeous blue-green waters.  arrid grounds. the winds blew hard the day i arrived.  nikos was my host, thanks to the kind family's connections.  i wandered around the island and took a picture every other step i took.  talk ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Greece, The Mainland.

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 | By sophieollie | Views [1096]

After our train trip across the width of Italy, we arrived at Brindisi. We managed our first kilometre with backpacks on. Finally managed to find an open ticket office and bought two tickets for a cabin on the ferry. The tickets cost half price because ... Read more >

Tags: Food & eating

Island hoppıng: part 2

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 | By sfau | Views [311]

As ı left santorini on the ferry to Paros to meet up wıth my family it came to my attention that the last time i had a family holiday i was 12 years old! Still, worse things happen at sea... When i got to paros i had a 11km ride over the hills to ... Read more >

Gallery: Ionan Islands and Athens

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 | By adventurergirl | Photo Gallery

Ionian Islands

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 | By adventurergirl | Views [490]

It was quite an experience to be in a country made of 1400 islands!!!!! Unfortunatley we could not visit all of them.... So Corfu and Paxos were the chosen ones.... Corfu has its beautiful side and its ugly side as well....Nice beaches, blue clear water ... Read more >

Tags: Relaxation

athens

Wed, 3 Oct 2007 | By annatakesatrip | Views [518]

where is my R-2 D-2 bag? got left behind in milan, but no fear, it came the next day... while i stayed with my friend's family in athens.  and was spoiled. my friend's parents were like professional cooks.  her dad in particular, from crete, first ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Gallery: Rhodes

Wed, 3 Oct 2007 | By annatakesatrip | Photo Gallery

A Different Kind of Hiking

Mon, 1 Oct 2007 | By lynn | Views [627] | Comments [2]

Aaaaahhhh yes....a hike through Athens.....city of 4 million in a country of 11 million.  Burning eyes and a sore throat are mine as I make my way through narrow cobbled and urine filled alleys filled with restaurants and tourists and the delicious smell ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Birthplace of the Gods

Sat, 29 Sep 2007 | By lynn | Views [948]

     As I walk back to my hotel in Litochoro after my nightly giro (the Greek idea of fast food consisting of chicken or pork shaved from a large skewer, along with tomato, onion, tzatziki~a yogurt sauce, and perhaps a couple of french fries held together ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors

Island hopping: part 1

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 | By sfau | Views [256]

After 9 nights in Athens (it took the man at bike shop a little longer than he thought it would but i am now the proud owner of a Rohloff hub gear system) i woke up early to pack up the tent and cycle to the port to catch the 07:25 ferry to Santorini.... Read more >

Athens another name for kick in the arse

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 | By incarna | Views [539] | Comments [1]

Well today we are off, and all i can say is i won't be coming back to Athens in this lifetime if i can help it. So far i have seen quite a few cities of the world and i believe that i am now quallified enough to say that Athens is probably one of the ... Read more >

Tags: Misadventures