Trips for Acropolis

May 4, 2007. Toronto, Canada. Finally, I set off to Athens for a 23 day trip, alone. Quite often, I had friends asking me the similar questions, "Backpacking? Greece? Turkey? Why?" And quite often, I felt hesitant to answer. "The freedom . …

Met up with Jon in the London airport, after a bit of worry that he wouldn’t make our connecting flight due to the delay of his flight from Boston. Fortunately for us he got to the gate just in time and our 3-hour flight to Athens arrived right o …

This a copy of the preplaning with hotels/flights/luggage information and more. I hope this will help friends follow my trip and help trip planners find information that might help them. DateTimePlaceAdditional InformationBagsCarryonThurdsay …

So, I left Boston last night and arrived in Dublin very early this morning. I had a 10-hour layover before my connecting flight to Frankfurt, so I took a coach into the city and did some sightseeing. I checked out St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin …

Finally, after hundreds of hours of research and planning, we set off for Paris, Athens, Zakynthos, Santorini, and Rome. Just to let you in on how I ended up planning this whole crazy trip... About 11 months ago we decided to spend the rest …

Nate and I arrived in London Gatwick Airport, totally jet lagged, around 11 AM. We took the Gatwick Express to Victoria Station. It was quite expensive but very convient. When we got to Victoria we took out some cash and headed to our hotel …

We arrived in the airport after a long, but smooth flight. I felt tired and full from a meal of nothing but disgusting carbs. Bad pasta, bad bread, bad crackers, etc. It took forever to get our passports stamped and then to get our bags. The …

The family’s excitement is bubbling as we touched down on Venice Marco Polo airport with the faint view of Venice and its water canals in the distance and it did not disappoint! There is only 1 Venezia with its unique canal structures and gondola …

Sun Venice, Italy -- --MonVenice, Italy -- 4:00 pmTueDubrovnik, Croatia 9:00 am 6:00 pmWedAt Sea -- --ThuPiraeus (Athens), Greece 7:00 am 7:00 pmFriKusadasi (Ephesus), Turkey 7:00 am --SatKusadasi (Ephesus), Turkey -- 4:00 pmSunAt Sea -- --MonNaples …

We are a group of 4 women - 2 friends and 2 daughters, who like to travel. But the men don't. One of us is a single woman, and has gotten the others to travel. We all have different travel styles, some like to see everything, while some want …