Tag: grand-tour
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Day 122: Santorini, Greece
May 28, 2023 — My day started with free breakfast at my hostel, which was delicious. I had an egg, toast, coffee, and Greek yogurt with honey and nuts. I felt like being the middle of the action for the rest of the day, so I decided that I would head to Fira and then,…
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Day 121: Santorini, Greece
May 27, 2023 — A lesson in always checking Google Maps so you know where it is that you’re staying: I booked to stay at Caveland Hostel (which was beautiful and really nice, don’t get me wrong) but I thought it was in Oia, another city on the (southern?) tip of Santorini (you may know…
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Day 120: Santorini, Greece
May 26, 2023 — I got up kind of late on my first morning in Santorini, but at least it had also been a late night. I laid in my top bunk for a few minutes, soaking in the clean sheets (one really awesome part about changing hostels so often) and the cool air (the…
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Day 118: Athens, Greece
May 24, 2023 — My day started pretty nice and early as I woke up and got changed so that I could leave the hostel and walk about 100 feet to the Athens Walks tour office. I booked a visit to the Acropolis/Parthenon and archaeological museum with Athens Walks through Viator on a recommendation from…
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Day 117: Meteora, Greece
May 23, 2023 — A visit to Meteora, where a monastic community formed in the 8th century B.C. and evolved through the 11th and 12th centuries to the 18th century A.D., was initially on my list to visit while in Athens, until I started looking at how to get there. I was having a great…
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Day 115: Athens, Greece
May 21, 2022 — I got a later start today but I managed to get on the subway and head to the Temple of Hephaestus. The Temple of Hephaestus is actually located in the Ancient Agora, which I didn’t realize until I arrived. It’s a huge archaeological site which was once a public square. It…
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Day 114: Athens, Greece
May 20, 2023 — Oh, the joys of having dorm mates. I’ve had mostly really good experiences in dorms with other people. There was, of course, that one night in Hobart while I was in Tasmania, but other than that I didn’t have any standout experiences until this morning in Athens. I’m not a morning…
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