Athens needs no persuasion. After six nights in Nafplio, I was ready for it — the noise, the layers, the familiar streets and a few places I had been meaning to get back to for years. This post covers the final stretch of a two-month trip, from leaving Nafplio to a few days in Athens that reminded me exactly why I keep coming back.
This is just a holding post until I get time to write about the places that I visited. My last day in Athens. I decided on a whim to visit the island of Salamina. To be more specific I went to visit the Archaeological site of Salamis to ensure I got the most out of…
I hadn’t planned my stay in Athens very well this time. I was in grave danger of spending the day wandering aimlessly, which would never do. At the last minute, I decided to book a guided tour. One had caught my eye, called Unexpected Athens Orientation Tour, booked through Get Your Guide and delivered by…
After yesterday’s incident, I was left feeling a little beaten up – mentally that is. My initial instinct was to retreat into the hotel room for the next four days, but that was never really an option. The older I get, the more conscious I am of that big old clock counting down the days…
I left Thessaloniki knowing that I hadn’t fully taken advantage of my two short stays there. I made a mental note to come back in the near future. While I don’t know exactly when that will be, I’ll let the ideas tumble around in my head until I can turn it into a concrete plan….
So, as my journey drew to a close, I decided to spend my last day in Athens visiting the First Cemetery of Athens. Despite battling a bit of a virus and Google Maps being less than cooperative, I made my way there on foot, choosing to keep my germs to myself rather than take public…
Three days in Athens at the end of a hectic itinerary is always the icing on the cake, in fact for me, it has become a ritual. Whilst here I always try to do or see something new. I’d seen a walking tour advertised called Athens, a History of Rebellion which really piqued my interest….
Today is Oxi Day, celebrated in Greece every year on the 28th October. It commemorates the day when the Greek prime minister Ioannis Metaxas rejected an ultimatum given by the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini during World War II. (Written about in much more detail during my stay in Lesvos in 2022) https://agreekoddity.com/commemorating-oxi-day-and-a-sunset-dinner-in-molyvos/ A big military…
My proposed trip to the Evros Delta was a washout. I received a call from the organiser in the morning to say that storms had been forecast so the boat trip would not run. Of course, I was disappointed but I was able to retrieve some of the time at the History Museum of Alexandroupolis….
And before I knew it my time in Pefki had come to an end. I had planned to stay for a week but as two of my compadres were leaving on Monday I decided to cut my trip short by one day and head back towards Athens with them. This is the joy of having…
Well of course when beloved author and friend Peter Barber and the beautiful Alex put out an invitation to their book launch in Pefki – I was definitely going to go. I would fit it into my itinerary by hook or by crook! Yesterday I caught the bus from Liosion Bus Station just outside central…
I left Manchester on a typically grey and dark, dank day. Apart from its two football teams, it’s what the city is known for. That’s why cotton weaving mills were once so prevalent in the area – perfect humid and damp conditions. Shortly after boarding the Aegean Airline Airbus A320, we taxied out onto the…
