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| Page Views: 1,451 Last Visit to Athens: March, 2004 | My Grecian Odyssey by Arial_27 - last update: Jan 12, 2006 |
School trip | Ah! my hair is a mess!:-) |
During my last year of high school, I was lucky to visit Greece, a country I've always dreamed of going to. A teacher from my school organized this trip for any students who were interested in going for 12 days in March. My friends and I here in the picture all signed up. Some of the main places we visited were Athens, Hydra, Rhodes, Mykonos, Delphi, Aegina, Poros, and Mycenae.
I became very fond of Greece and it's culture. I especially love Greek folk dancing, the food, the language, the history and everything else about it.
I am in my second year of university now and wouldn't you believe I still I have all the Greek salad ingredients in my fridge! I am taking an archaelogy course that focuses on Greek art and its really quite facinating! Having seen the ruins, frescos, and buildings for myself makes the class a lot more understandable and enriching. I hope to use some of the material I learn in class in some of my tips! |
|  | Cruises There was something about Hydra that I loved! Maybe it was the circular form of buildings surrounding the harbour, or the view of mountains and hills behind the town area. Somehow I just loved how peaceful and lively it was at the same time, I felt very at ease there and had a great time. Besides Mykonos, I think Hydra would be my favourite Greek island. We went on two cruises in Greece: One of them was a one day cruise which took us to the islands of Poros, Hydra and Aegina.
The second one was a three day excursion with Royal Olympic Cruises that went to Mykonos, Rhodes, Patmos and Kusadasi, Turkey.
I'll be putting my information about these cruises in my Athens pages soon. |
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| Pros: | "the history, monuments, food, folk dancing, mountains, nice weather, orange trees," | | Cons: | "Athens is a little run down, and prices have gone up a little recently" | | In A Nutshell: | "A truly enriching, facinating place to visit." |
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TheGreekSouthWest Thu Jul 10, 2008 16:18 UTC
Am a Greek who happened to read your comments and felt that you really enjoyed your time in Greece. And your "warning or dangers" tips are not offensive at all just description of what is happening which I agree with. That's impressive! Se euxaristw | Kid-A Tue Mar 18, 2008 07:29 UTC
Hi, pretty good Athens page. Great tips! Greetings for Germany, Brian | gilabrand Tue May 8, 2007 05:09 UTC
I added some of your tips to my travel guide for Athens which I am putting together the hopes of actually getting there. | Confucius Tue Jun 27, 2006 01:18 UTC
Xronia Polla! Wishing you a happy birthday today! I went to Greece for Easter and can report that Olympics items are still available for half price. I bought an "Athens 2004" umbrella and a "Hellas" hat. |
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