Life in Cairo...

Life in Cairo...

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Greece: The Site List

Hey all!

I hope someone has been enjoying these random videos and other short posts. Here is a list of awesome things I got to do/see/go while in Greece. :-D


In and Around ATHENS:
Hotel Grande Bretagne
Ancient Cemetery (at the new metro entrance)
Peisistratos Aqueduct
Syntagma Metro Station (Atricfacts inside)
Parliment
Changing of The Guard (Tomb of the Unknown Soldier)
National Gardens (Where I saw many turtles... Hmmm)
Zappeio Palace
Panathenaic Stadium (Where the first modern olymic games were held. Samia and I ran laps.)



Temple of Olympian Zeus
Hadrian's Arch
Church of Agia Ekaterini
Lysikrates Monument
Street of Tripods
Church of St. George of the Rock
Anafiotika quarter
Church of Agios Simeon
Old Athens University
Klepsidra Cafè
Roman Agora
Turkish Baths
Tower of The Winds
Gate of the Muslim Seminary
Fethiye Mosque
Hadrian's Library
Athen's Flea Market (in Monastiraki)
Athens Cathedral
Church of Agios Eleftherios
Centre of Folk Art & Tradition
Church of the Metamorphosis
Athens Olympic Complex
Climbed Areopagus Hill



Climbed Lykavittos Hill (Did NOT take the funicular)


Chapel of Agios Georgios
Had a DELICIOUS hot chocolate at Orizontes
Church of the Holy Apostles
Acropolis
Propylaia
Temple of Athena Nike
Parthenon
Erechtheion (and it's Caryatids)
Theatre of Dionysos
Asclepion & Stoa of Eumenes site
Odeon of Herodes Atticus
Panagia of Hrysospiliotissa
Plaka
Took a taxi and DIDN'T get ripped off.
Took a bus
Took the metro
Took a train
Stayed at Easy Access Youth Hostel (in Omonia)
Explored Omonia, Sytagma, etc.

In Piraeus:
Took a ferry here on our way back from Santorini
Took refuge in a Greek Orthodox church
Flea Market


Took buses from
Athens to Delphi
Delphi to Lamia
Lamia to Trikala
Trikala to Kalambaka
Stayed at "Alsos House"
Taxi to Meteora

In Delphi:
Sanctuary of Apollo:
(Roman Agora, Sacred Way, Votive Offering of Lacedaemon, Athenian Treasury, foundations of the bouleuterion/council house, Temple of Apollo, Delphi Theatre, Stadium, Castalian Spring, Gymnasium, Circular pool)
Sanctuary of Athena:
(Tholos)

In Meteora:
Moni Megalou Meteorou (Grand Meteora Monastary)
Moni Agiou Stefanou

In Santorini (Thira):
Rode a Donkey down the Fira Port (in Fira)
Rode the cable car (Fira Skala) back up
Caldera
Took a taxi to Oia
Watched the sunset

I took lots and lots and lots of pictures! :-) I'll have to sort through them at some point and post them.

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1 comment:

  1. I'm enjoying them! Just caught myself up, lol...love the vlog...so cool to actually see where you are. <3

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