Have you seen this girl?
Missing for 2500 years, young Athenian girl “reborn” at the Athens International Airport (June 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010) Near entrance 1 on the Arrivals Level – check it out after you’ve checked yourself in and before you leave the airport. “Myrtis: Face to face with the past” The airport exhibition, staged in cooperation [...]
Athens’ “most excellent suburb”, closer than you think
Athens has lots of popular walks, but most visitors would never consider taking a walk to Athens’ “most excellent suburb”, thinking, of course, it way to far to attempt on foot. My Athenian friend, Yorgos, recently decided to try it by foot anyway, and to his delight, discovered a peaceful escape that today is actually [...]
Athens Metro Tours: Art and Archeology Underground
Have you found yourself in Athens on a holiday, and the sites are closed? Or perhaps it’s a rare rainy day and you’d like to find a way to stay under cover, yet still see some sites? How about an Athens Art and Archeology tour, by metro? As you can imagine, digging anywhere in Athens [...]
World Heritage Sites in Greece
Wow, just doing some updates to the blog and discovered that I really need to get to Samos and Patmos … this way I can complete my list of visits to the UNESCO World Heritage sites in Greece (it doesn’t count if I’ve been to some of them many times), it looks like the eastern [...]
