2009 – Athens; the Acropolis Museum and a trip to Hydra
We’ve come back to Athens specifically to see the new Acropolis Museum, a project that has taken over 10 years to design and build. It was originally scheduled to open …
2007 – Peloponesse; Naplion, Mycenae, Epivadros, Olympia
Athens to Nafplion is an easy 2 hours. The roads are good, the traffic manageable and the drive was without incident; well, we did almost run out of gas and …
2007 – Athens; the Plaka, Acropolis Hill and the Agora
When American basketball superstar, Shaquille O’Neal came back from Athens last year, a reporter asked him if he went to the Parthenon. Shaq’s told him he went to a lot …
2000- Mykonos, where Zeus battled the Gigantes
October 15 We checked into the hotel and 20 minutes later we were back on the main road towards the main town of Chora, a 30 minute walk down the …
2000- Santorini, overlooking the lost civilization of Atlantis
The caldera (crater) of Santorini is a result of one of the biggest volcanic eruptions in recorded history, over 3,500 years ago. Rumor has it that the eruption wiped out …
2000 – Crete, island of Zorba the Greek and the lost city of Knossos
This is the home of Zorba the Greek, birthplace of Nikos Kazantzakis. It’s by far the largest of the Greek islands. It’s the home of the Minotian civilization, a 15th …
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