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Entries from August 2009

Last night in Europe

August 28th, 2009 · No Comments

I am back in Athens for my last night of Europe. I fly out tomorrow morning at 8:15 (Athens time) back to San Diego and should arrive at 6:25PM PST. This has been one long trip and happy to be heading home. Over the past 100 days, I have visited 15 countries (including Vatican City), [...]

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Crete – Samaria Gorge

August 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment

I woke up around 6 this morning and headed to the bus station to catch the 7AM bus the gorge. While boarding the bus, I ran into another guy from my hostel room who happened to be doing the hike as well. After a 3 hour bus ride, we arrived at the gorge at 10 [...]

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Santorini, Greece

August 25th, 2009 · No Comments

After a full day at Delphi, I needed to catch the ferry to Santorini. I had a 1AM departure and was supposed to catch the metro all the way to the port. Not a problem. When I was checking out at the hostel, I mentioned that I was heading to Santorini and I was then [...]

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Delphi, Greece – Home of the Oracle of Apollo

August 25th, 2009 · No Comments

I woke up early, at 5AM, and needed to catch at Delphi. I first needed to catch the local bus to the main bus station, but this turned out to be more difficult then I imagined. I was told what stop to get off at, but could not read the names of the stop outside [...]

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Athens, Greece

August 25th, 2009 · No Comments

I flew into Athens International Airport and quickly got into town. I didn’t have many plans for things to do in Athens, besides visiting the acropolis. I checked into my hostel and found my way to the Acropolis. The entrance was 5 Euros ($7.17 USD), which included entrance into about 5 other ruins. The acropolis [...]

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