The next break is coming up in February and we will be travelling again. We will post after that with lots of photos. Think giant, ancient triangles.
Saturday, January 31, 2015
Nothing New...Yet
Nothing new to report for January, just getting back in to work and preparing for a new semester at school. We had a few snow days at the beginning of January and missed 4 days of school, but it wasn't so bad that we lost power or couldn't get to the grocery store.
The next break is coming up in February and we will be travelling again. We will post after that with lots of photos. Think giant, ancient triangles.
The next break is coming up in February and we will be travelling again. We will post after that with lots of photos. Think giant, ancient triangles.
Friday, January 16, 2015
Greece
Over winter break we were able to get a good deal on round-trip flights to Athens, so we went to Greece for a week.
We arrived in Athens at about 6am on Darren's birthday, December 26th. We quickly hopped on a train into the city and were in downtown Athens by about 7:30. We didn't realize that nearly everything would be closed for Boxing Day, so we just walked around most of the day, seeing the sights from afar, browsing the tourist shops, and finally finding our hostel. The next day we did a bit of sightseeing - the Acropolis and the Agora.
On the morning of the 28th, we took a train to a place in Northwest Thessaly, called Meteora. We walked a couple miles from the train station to our hotel, which was right under the cliffs. For the remainder of that day and all the next we hiked around to see the great views and the old monasteries perched on top of the rock spires.
The next stop on our tour was Thessaloniki, where we walked around all day in the freezing cold, looking at Roman ruins and Orthodox churches.
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On the way back to Athens for our return flight, we stopped in the city of Larissa. Larissa was a lot more low-key than the big cities of Athens and Thessaloniki. Seeing the ancient amphitheater and walking through the weekly street market were highlights.
We arrived back in Athens on the evening of the 31st, and stayed up to see if there would be any fireworks. We were rewarded for our patience by a brief display over the Acropolis, which we were able to watch from a very windy Mars Hill. The next day we made our way to the airport and flew home. Because it was on New Year's Day, they even gave complementary champagne on the plane. Definitely flying with Aegean Airlines again!
We arrived in Athens at about 6am on Darren's birthday, December 26th. We quickly hopped on a train into the city and were in downtown Athens by about 7:30. We didn't realize that nearly everything would be closed for Boxing Day, so we just walked around most of the day, seeing the sights from afar, browsing the tourist shops, and finally finding our hostel. The next day we did a bit of sightseeing - the Acropolis and the Agora.
On the morning of the 28th, we took a train to a place in Northwest Thessaly, called Meteora. We walked a couple miles from the train station to our hotel, which was right under the cliffs. For the remainder of that day and all the next we hiked around to see the great views and the old monasteries perched on top of the rock spires.
The next stop on our tour was Thessaloniki, where we walked around all day in the freezing cold, looking at Roman ruins and Orthodox churches.
On the way back to Athens for our return flight, we stopped in the city of Larissa. Larissa was a lot more low-key than the big cities of Athens and Thessaloniki. Seeing the ancient amphitheater and walking through the weekly street market were highlights.
We arrived back in Athens on the evening of the 31st, and stayed up to see if there would be any fireworks. We were rewarded for our patience by a brief display over the Acropolis, which we were able to watch from a very windy Mars Hill. The next day we made our way to the airport and flew home. Because it was on New Year's Day, they even gave complementary champagne on the plane. Definitely flying with Aegean Airlines again!
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