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Greece 2009

A trip from September 07, 2009 to September 21, 2009, travelling to Athens, Santorini, Kamari, Kalambaka …
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Mon 09/07/09 (day 1) - Athens

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Athens

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Athens, Greece
Mon Sep 7 12:00am - Wed Sep 9 6:00am
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I arrived really early at Athens International, but it was a nice airport with stores and restaurants to keep one busy... not for 10 hours like me, but for a bit. It even has a local museum with artifacts excavated from an area local to the airport. Various buses can take you to the city center. X95 took us to Syntagma Square for 3.20Euro.
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Tue 09/08/09 (day 2) - Athens

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Acropolis

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A splendid religious complex, the Acropolis consists of several temples, which were built by the world's first democ …
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Dionysiou Areopagitou
Athens, 105 58
Greece
+30 210 321 4172
Tue Sep 8 10:00am - Tue Sep 8 3:00pm
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Wed 09/09/09 (day 3) - Santorini

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Santorini

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Santorini, Greece
Wed Sep 9 8:00am - Sun Sep 13 8:00am
Wed Sep 9 11:00am - Sun Sep 13 11:00am
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If you're looking for something slower here, then I'd recommend Santorini other some of the other islands. Oia is a busy tourist town, but there are plenty of out of the way places here. Lava Oia was one... thanks, Ms. Petridou.
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Fri 09/11/09 (day 5) - Kamari

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Kamari

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Kamari, Greece
Fri Sep 11 2:00pm - Fri Sep 11 8:00pm
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Black pebble beach in a small beach town. Not too bad of a scene if you know what beach towns are like, but the pebble beach was littered with cigarette butts.
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Sun 09/13/09 (day 7) - Kalambaka

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Kalambaka

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Kalambaka, Greece
Sun Sep 13 12:00am - Mon Sep 14 12:00am
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We reached Kalambaka, found the hotel and went to the hills to check out a couple of perched monasteries. Varlam, Stephanos, and Three Sisters.

It rained hard for a good 20min, we saved some Korean tourists on foot, and they called us their heroes!
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Mon 09/14/09 (day 8) - Thessaloniki

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Thessaloniki

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Thessaloniki, Greece
Mon Sep 14 7:00pm - Thu Sep 17 9:00am
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Hotel Atlantis was a very nice hotel. Renovated, but well. The funny thing about a lot of the bathrooms in Europe is the size. They have a habit of cramming the toilet and the standup shower into a very small space.
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Wed 09/16/09 (day 10) - Thessaloniki

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Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessalonika

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Founded in 315 B.C., the provincial capital and sea port of Thessalonika was one of the first bases for the spread o …
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Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessalonika
Thessaloniki, Greece
Wed Sep 16 12:00am - Thu Sep 17 12:00am
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Thu 09/17/09 (day 11) - Chryso Fokidas, Delphi

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Archaeological Site of Delphi

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The pan-Hellenic sanctuary of Delphi, where the oracle of Apollo spoke, was the site of the omphalos, the 'navel of …
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Archaeological Site of Delphi
Delphi
Chryso Fokidas, 33055
Greece
Thu Sep 17 3:00pm - Thu Sep 17 7:00pm
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We got there after mistaking Arahavos for it, we stopped for 10 min to readjust and drove on until we ran into Delphi's archaeological sites and stopped there to see the lower sites and check out the artifacts in the new Delphi Archaeological Museum.

Later that evening we found our hotel the Fredriades Hotel and had dinner at the taberna next door. Great little city...

The next morning I went for a run up and down the hills olive groves, breakfast and then to the Oracle of Apollo... unfortunately the site was closed due to falling rocks. Maybe next time.
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Delphi

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Delphi, Greece
Thu Sep 17 4:00pm - Fri Sep 18 10:00am
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The trip to Delphi was nice. Hotel, nice. Restaurant, nice. Run, very nice - it was mostly uphill, but still, nice. The only unfortunate thing we didn't get to see was the theatre and the Temple of Apollo. It was closed due to falling rocks (?). Mount Parnassus was big!
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Fri 09/18/09 (day 12) - Lavreotiki

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Cape Sounion

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One of the most romantic spots in Greece can be found south of Athens at Cape Sounion. The ruins of an ancient templ …
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Athinon-Souniou Road
Lavreotiki, 195 00
Greece
+30 210 870 7000
Fri Sep 18 12:00am
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After the drive from Delphi, it was a bit farther than I thought it would be, 63km to the south of the city.

Getting back in was HELL! We made it to the hotel though, and Advance Rentacar picked it up no problem.
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Sat 09/19/09 (day 13) - Athens

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Temple of Olympian Zeus (Olympieion)

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Begun in 515 BC, this huge temple was dedicated to the worship of Zeus. Its perimeter included 104 Corinthian column …
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Vassilissis Olgas Street
Athens, 105 57
Greece
+30 210 922 6330
Sat Sep 19 10:00am - Sat Sep 19 1:00pm
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Sun 09/20/09 (day 14) - Athens

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Ancient Agora

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Socrates strolled through the Agora 2,500 years ago engaging people in long, philosophical discussions. This unique …
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Adrianou
Athens, 105 55
Greece
+30 210 870 7000
Sun Sep 20 10:00am - Sun Sep 20 12:00pm
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Mon 09/21/09 (day 15) - Athens

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Benaki Museum

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Eight thousand years of Greek history come alive. Enjoy prehistoric works of art, rare manuscripts, Byzantine icons, …
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1 Koumpari
Athens, 106 74
Greece
+30 367 1000
Mon Sep 21 3:30pm - Mon Sep 21 5:00pm
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Not a bad museum... it closes a bit early 1700, but the nice lady at the ticket desk suggested starting at the top and working my way down. The museum has a nice collection of Greek Independence article, Byzantine, and Orthodox articles.
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Lykavittos Hill

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The best vantage point in Athens is Lykavittos Hill, which stands right in the middle of the city and reaches an alt …
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Aristippou
Athens, 106 76
Greece
+30 210 870 7000
Mon Sep 21 6:30pm - Mon Sep 21 8:00pm
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So, I went for a run around the National Gardens then after running around in those plant trails, I decided to go up the hill to see what this Lykavittos was all about. I ran along the Parliament building and ran into some junior Evzones practicing their high kicks. Ok, the climb up the hill was expectedly tough. No fair, and there's a restaurant up there and a dude offering water if you want it for the good old price of 1Euro. Great view of the city and the sea, great sunset visibility.

Now it gets interesting, the road back is not so straight forward, and as I was running, I didn't have a map. I got lost! As always you can landmark your way back, FIND THE PARTHENON!

Found it! and got back on the west side of the Akropolis (Dionysus Theater side)... and back to the hotel.
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