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Europe 2017 – Crete, Part Three
September 3-8 We arrived in Chania later in the afternoon and after a 10-euro taxi ride arrived at the Athina Beach Hotel, our home for the next two nights. This was a very nice property, again with a swimming pool for the rate of just 45 euros, although breakfast wasn’t included. We checked in and […]
Europe 2017 – Crete, Part Two
September 3-8 After a hearty breakfast at the El Greco, we checked out and with advice from the desk clerk, significantly shortened our walk back down to the harbor and the adjacent Bus Terminal. There we purchased tickets for our hour-long bus ride to Rethimno, our next stop in Crete. We would be following a […]
Europe 2017 – Athens and the Ferry
September 2 We breakfasted at the Phaedra and then did the one chore that is absolutely necessary on any long trip, one not often described in detail in any guidebook and yet requires an outlay of cash and an hour or two of lost time. Yes, that’s right…. the laundry. We’d spotted a place not […]
Europe 2017 – The Peloponnese – Part Five
August 28 – September 1 Our last day with the tour would be a long one with a stop at the monasteries at Meteora, a jog back up north to Thermopylae and then a lengthy afternoon’s drive back to Athens. The climb by bus up to our first destination took a bit of time on […]
Europe 2017 – The Peloponnese – Part Three
August 28 – September 1 After another filling buffet breakfast, we gathered in front of the hotel for 8:30 am start to get to the Olympia site before the cruise ship tours arrived. We arrived at the site shortly thereafter and entered the Sanctuary of Olympia archeological portion to spend a couple of hours touring […]
Europe 2017 – The Peloponnese – Part One
August 28 – September 1 For the next part of our visit to Greece, we decided to do something we’d not done before as travelers, that is take a five-day guided bus tour which would cover the major sites of the Peloponnese. Using Trip Advisor as a guide for references and checking out various options, […]
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