General strike in Athens
Arriving or departing from Athens on February 10, 2010?
Need to travel inside or outside of the city … have patience, it’s strike season in Athens. Really. And don’t think its just about the current economic crisis, or about the people’s general dissatisfaction with the current government, or about the fires, the police, the cost of [...]
Batteries, chargers and more in Athens
I think it has probably happened to more than one of us: You’re packing for your trip, you are sure you’ve got everything, camera, check! cell phone, check! I-pod, check! Yet at the end of the second day in Athens you discover that your camera battery charger is …. sitting on your dresser back home.
You’ve [...]
Photography in Greece
There’s a ton of sites out there that will tell you the best ways to shoot photos in Greece. The light in this country is rather special, even professional photographers and traveler photographers agree that there is nowhere on earth quite like it. Perhaps it is the color of the sea, the mountains and sky, [...]
Athens, A City of Neighborhoods, and Neighborhoods of Streets
Choosing a location to base yourself is tough in any city for the first time visitor, in Athens, blurring borders and neighborhood changes make it tougher
Photo courtesy of Andreas Trepte, www.photo-natur.de
Basil and I recently took a trip to Africa. The beginning of our journey included a stay in Nairobi, where we planned on resting [...]
Sometimes it does rain in Athens
Greece, land of sunshine, true. But every once in awhile there are a few days of rain. It can happen anytime. I’ve seen 3 days of rain in June, I’ve seen 3 days of rain in August, I’m seeing 3 days of rain in September … No need to fret if it happens [...]
I had lunch with the President, Celebrities in Greece
I’m not really sure where this post belongs, or if it even belongs on my Athens Travel blog, (although perhaps since it highlights such an important cultural difference, it does fit) but it underscored something I have long noticed about Greece and Greeks. Celebrities here have a somewhat different status than in the US, [...]
Three days of unlimited transport in and around Athens
As if my mission to convince folks that you can’t do Athens justice in just 3 days wasn’t difficult enough, the modern Greek Gods of transportation in Athens, Greece (otherwise known as the “Athens Public Transport Organisation” have now gone and issued a “Three day public transportation ticket”. The 3-day tourist ticket will be valid [...]
Greek Travel: Best Athens Airfares for this fall
Paris – Athens, Greece, or Athens – Paris, just 79 euro! Rome or Milan to Athens, just 69 euro. Wow! Aegean Airlines is offering these ticket prices until September 15, for travel between October 15 and December 17, 2009. Now’s the time for an Athens break.
Chicago – Athens, Greece – [...]
Athens Travel: When is the best time to visit Athens?
I get this question a lot, “when is the best time to visit Athens” and “what’s the weather like in the December in Athens”? I also hear, “isn’t it unbearingly hot in Athens in July and August?” To answer these questions and debunk the myth about weather in Athens, I thought I’d includes [...]
Greece Travel: The secret to ice cubes in Greece
Ice cubes… once the privilege of the rich and wealthy have become an everyday staple. The US is probably the largest consumer of ice cubes in the world. McDonald’s, Burger King and all the other fast food chains figured out long ago that adding ice – a lot of ice – to their soft drinks [...]