greece first adventure
GREECE | Sunday, 8 May 1988 | Views [252]
This was our first trip abroad. A long, long flight, missed connections, left us tired, irritable, and suffering from jet-lag and wondering if we should have gone to Niagara Falls instead. But, upon landing in Athens everything changed. We stayed at the five-star Grand Bretainia hotel on Sygtama Square, right in the heart of Athens and right next to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier; we walked the Plaka and shopped for sourvenirs,etc. Spent the day at the Acropolis, the National Museum, the site of the Olympics, had lunch on top of Lacbeyas Hill overlooking Athens; paid thirty-six dollars for two hamburgers and two cokes; and did the tourist thing. We went on a cruise to the inlands of Aegina, Hydra, and Poros (which we loved.) We took a bus ride along the coast to Cape Sunion and swam naked in the ocean. Then to Myknanos, the island of Greek windmills, sapphire blue waters, white houses with red and blue and green doors, colorfully painted fishing boats, a public toilet with a hole in the floor, great seafood restaurants, and of course Paradise Beach, the nude beach were we got sunburned all over and I mean all over. We took a cab over the mountains past Delphi with a French couple to spend the day back at Poros and found a room overlooking the bay. We caught the hydrofoil back to Peraenus and sadly left the brilliant sunshine, sparkling white houses, glorious flowers and the bluest waters to return home where didn't have to have reservations.
Tags: Sightseeing
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