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Greece
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Written by Kathy Drouin-Carey
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Wednesday, 12 July 2006 07:01 |
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Since our last post, we spent 2 nice quiet nights in Delphi, the site of the famous Temple of Apollo. The ruins were much the same as many that we've already seen, but each site still has something unique about it. There were a couple of buildings that were interesting, and an interesting stone wall. The downside was that though there is a little train that supposedly runs between the site and the town, we're not convinced it actually goes to the site - we saw it several times around town, but not once on the trek to or from the site; so we ended up walking a fair bit more than we expected to. As a side note, we have both lost enough weight that our pants are too baggy!
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Greece
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Written by Neil Carey
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Tuesday, 04 July 2006 10:00 |
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Well, we've spent the last couple of nights in Olympia. The town there was pleasant, and the archaeological site was one of the best that we've seen in a long time, though we have some complaints about the way it's operated that I won't get into here. There's enough in way of ruins there to engage the imagination, and it's large enough that the crowds are only a problem in a couple of pinch points, like the Olympic Stadium.
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Greece
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Written by Neil Carey
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Saturday, 01 July 2006 13:41 |
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Well, we haven't had much chance to blog since we've been in Greece. Unfortunately, affordable internet is a bit of a rarity, so usually by the time we've done our basic errands (check email, book hostels in next destination, etc.), we've already spend €12, and can't take the time to write as well
Since the last entry, we've visited the islands of Mykonos and Naxos, and have now spent 2 days in Athens.
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Greece
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Written by Kathy Drouin-Carey
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Saturday, 24 June 2006 06:48 |
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We arrived by ferry on the island of Lesvos (Mytilini) Monday evening, sans guidebook or map. Customs was the easiest yet, we walked right through, and as there were fewer than 30 people on our ferry, there was barely a line.
Mytolini appeared to be a nice port town at first glance, though we quickly tired in our search for a hotel (we walked by 2 without even seeing them - they like big signs on the roof, but lack in little signs by the door). We finally found a room, paid too much for what we got (it's a port town, and the hotel was right near the harbour - we didn't know where else to look). By morning, we realized that it's as nice a little town as it appeared - for 25,000 people, the traffic is insane!! We had trouble crossing even little side streets! At one point a nice local man helped us across... awwww. The town is also littered with vaguely marked one way streets, which made for a fun time getting out of town once we rented a car.
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