We got up early and went to the airport only to find that we had missed our flight by about 5 minutes. There had been an alteration to the time of our flight and we were very disappointed to have missed the flight.
We had to buy new tickets and book another flight which did not leave until 6.50pm. Very very sad...:(
Never-mind, we are not going to let it spoil our day. We drowned our sorrows with a big cuppa and two big fat muffins!!!
We were lucky as the airport staff were able to get us on a plane later today. At least we will be in Santorini tonight.
Thompson Tours are very disappointed for us but will reschedule our airport transfer shuttle.
We have a 7 or 8 hour wait ( finally got to read that book Steve R)
We are looking forward to getting to Santorini.
We arrived in Santorini at 7.45pm - just in time to catch the beautiful sunset. We went out for a lovely meal with Mike and Jan.
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Showing posts with label Athens. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Athens. Show all posts
Friday, June 3, 2011
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Sightseeting in Athens
This morning we boarded the Hop on Hop off bus to see the sights of Athens. We had a great day. We were surprised by the mixture of people, traffic and motor scooters all jostling for their place on the road and the footpath!!
We got off the bus close to the Acropolis stop and took a lovely long walk through the ancient city of Pyros and up to the Acropolis.
It was all very interesting.
We had lunch at a lovely little greek cafe, below the acropolis.
We then re-boarded the bus and went to see the Ruins of Zeus, the ........? (will add later)arch, the old baths- ruins that were discovered when they were digging out the ground to put in a metro rail system.
We visited old churches and many more old ruins.
Right opposite our hotel was the street vege market. There were many many stalls with vendors calling out in Greek wanting you to buy their fruit and veg. We could not resist buying a big punnet of beautiful strawberries. YUM!
We walked along the road and came across a meat market and a fish market. The fish market smelt a little too strong for us so we did not venture in, however, Steve had a great time at the meat market. There was rows and rows of carcasses all hanging up. There were men chopping the meat with big meat cleavers. It was a very bustling market. Lots of people and lots of yelling and chopping!! We even saw a row of pig’s heads hanging up in the market.
We then walked down to Montasiriki Square and had dinner at a lovely restaurant. Lamb souvlaki for me and pork for Steve.
We had one last look at the wonderful view from the roof of our Hotel before going to bed.
We had really enjoyed our visit to Athens.
(I will name all the pics when I get time, but they are of the city of Athens, the ancient city of Pyros, the acropolis, the university, library, and the markets.
Lots of pics, plz scroll down.....and down..... and down......LOL!
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We got off the bus close to the Acropolis stop and took a lovely long walk through the ancient city of Pyros and up to the Acropolis.
It was all very interesting.
We had lunch at a lovely little greek cafe, below the acropolis.
We then re-boarded the bus and went to see the Ruins of Zeus, the ........? (will add later)arch, the old baths- ruins that were discovered when they were digging out the ground to put in a metro rail system.
We visited old churches and many more old ruins.
Right opposite our hotel was the street vege market. There were many many stalls with vendors calling out in Greek wanting you to buy their fruit and veg. We could not resist buying a big punnet of beautiful strawberries. YUM!
We walked along the road and came across a meat market and a fish market. The fish market smelt a little too strong for us so we did not venture in, however, Steve had a great time at the meat market. There was rows and rows of carcasses all hanging up. There were men chopping the meat with big meat cleavers. It was a very bustling market. Lots of people and lots of yelling and chopping!! We even saw a row of pig’s heads hanging up in the market.
We then walked down to Montasiriki Square and had dinner at a lovely restaurant. Lamb souvlaki for me and pork for Steve.
We had one last look at the wonderful view from the roof of our Hotel before going to bed.
We had really enjoyed our visit to Athens.
(I will name all the pics when I get time, but they are of the city of Athens, the ancient city of Pyros, the acropolis, the university, library, and the markets.
Lots of pics, plz scroll down.....and down..... and down......LOL!
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Paris to Athens
This morning, after we packed up, we set off for Greece (Athens).
We were picked up by our airport shuttle at 12midday and taken to CDG airport. Paris airport is huge, there are many terminals. We managed to find our way to the correct terminal and we were on our way!!
We arrived in Athens at around 7.15pm and were pleased that we had pre-booked a shuttle to take us to our accommodation. The Greek shuttle driver gave us some lovely commentry, about Athens, on the way to the Hotel and Steve tipped him accordingly.
We went into the Hotel to let them know we had arrived, only to find, that we were at the wrong Hotel!! Not happy Jan!! Our driver had departed and we had no idea of where we were.
The reception were very kind and organized a taxi for us to be taken to the correct Hotel and it was quite late when we finally arrived.
The Hotel - Athens Centre Square - is lovely and very central. We ordered a pizza for tea and sat on the rooftop overlooking the acropolis. It looks awesome lit up at night. It looked so close to us as well. We were mesmerized by the view and stayed up there, staring at it, until after 11pm.
Wonderful...
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We were picked up by our airport shuttle at 12midday and taken to CDG airport. Paris airport is huge, there are many terminals. We managed to find our way to the correct terminal and we were on our way!!
We arrived in Athens at around 7.15pm and were pleased that we had pre-booked a shuttle to take us to our accommodation. The Greek shuttle driver gave us some lovely commentry, about Athens, on the way to the Hotel and Steve tipped him accordingly.
We went into the Hotel to let them know we had arrived, only to find, that we were at the wrong Hotel!! Not happy Jan!! Our driver had departed and we had no idea of where we were.
The reception were very kind and organized a taxi for us to be taken to the correct Hotel and it was quite late when we finally arrived.
The Hotel - Athens Centre Square - is lovely and very central. We ordered a pizza for tea and sat on the rooftop overlooking the acropolis. It looks awesome lit up at night. It looked so close to us as well. We were mesmerized by the view and stayed up there, staring at it, until after 11pm.
Wonderful...
Copyright Notice: All Rights ReservedThe text and photos of this article remain the copyright of the Author (Sue50). Under no circumstances should the photos or text be used without the express written permission of the Author (Sue50). If you wish to use or publish photos or text from this article - please
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