Life's about experiences. These are mine.
We had pretty much a full day before our flight this evening so we got to do the things that we’d wanted to do yesterday but couldn’t because of the strike. REVENGE Speaking of the strike, as we walked back to the hotel last night, the clear-up process had already begun. Workers were pressure washing …
I have to admit that I did consider using a much more provocative image than the one actually shown for today but one of armed riot police might have been offputting! “transport, flights, and ferries” Let’s step back a bit. When we arrived on Wednesday there was a notice pinned inside the tiny lift that …
After yesterday’s success, I did consider getting ChatGPT to write the whole of this blog post, but unsurprisingly, having not actually been there with us, the suggested post read more like a travel guide than anything that I would have written, so this is me again. Today was a bit of a greatest hits tour …
Round about this time of year we try and head off abroad to catch some early sun while the UK is bathed in cold rain. Normally, that would be to Seville, Spain but we fancied a change this year and Seville had problems with flooding earlier in the year so we looked elsewhere. ChatGPT has …
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We had a few hours before the taxi was due to collect us from the hotel and as the weather was still good decided to go for a stroll. We went straight to the sister hotel of the one we are staying in as it has a rooftop terrace with view across the city to …
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After our aborted attempt yesterday today we made it to the Ancient Agora. Strangely there isn’t actually as much there as at first appears. Looking down on the Agora from the Acropolis it seems to cover a vast area and offers glimpses of hidden sights. However, there are only two buildings and a lot of …
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When we got up this morning it was to bad news. We had read and had been warned that Athens could be bad for pickpockets. Unfortunately one of our party had fallen prey to this and had lost their wallet. This must have happened in the short distance from the restaurant to the hotel last …
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Our first full day in Athens and we chose to do something that I have never done here before – go to the top of Lycabettis Hill. This is a small blob that, like the hill that the Parthenon sits atop, is visible across the city. We walked from the hotel to the funicular which …
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This is my second time in Athens. Last time was as one of the stopping off points on a cruise in 2013. It was supposed to be with Helen but as she was ill I went alone. The time before that was when I was still at university in 1985. It was an enjoyable holiday …