Greece Part 2

When you see white houses with blue rooftops on the cliff and the donkeys walking along the street, please do not doubt yourself, because you are on the right destination, Santorini.

Santorini is the main reason that pulls me back to Greece. I love the architecture, the food and the people in there.

How to get there

We can easily get to Santorini by flight and ferry. But remember, there are only two ferries to get there from Athens. If you try to catch the first ferry, please be prepared to rush to the port because it takes half an hour to get to the port and the ferry leaves Athens at 7 in the morning and the first metro runs at 6:00AM!

Where to stay

There are a variety of places for you to stay, from campsites to hostels and hotels.

It costs around eight euros to stay in the campsites, where at a proper hostel, the cost goes from 20 to 30 euros, and 200 to 400 euros for a luxury hotel.

A fun fact about the places to stay: Please be prepared to hear people moaning when you are choosing to stay in the campsites, because people are used to have wild fun in the tents. If you are a prince or princess back home, you should choose a proper hostel or luxury hotel.

Where to play

We can easily have access to any places within the island by bus, but I would prefer to rent a motorbike or car. Because it is a small island, we can travel around the whole area within 3 days, from Perissa to Oia.

Must do’s

- Watch the sunset at Oia

- Sunbathing at the red sea/white sea
- Watch the sunset at the infinity pool

- Watch sunrise at Kamari

Reminder: If you decide to rent a motorbike or car, please have your international driver’s license with you. Or else, if you are lucky enough and have money, some rental places will rent it to you anyways, as long as you pay.

Where to eat

They pretty much have the same kinds of dishes as they do in Athens. Most of them are Mediterranean food, but there is a special cafeteria, NRG, which I like a lot. It’s name means Energy and they serve crepes, sandwiches and milkshakes.

Recommendation from writer: Curry crepe and Nutella milkshake from NRG.

Oia, the building will turn into goldish color during the sunset.

The while color of the building will absorb the sun shine.

Sunset at the infinity pool. It shows that I really do like sunset alot.

Imerovigli - 10 minutes from Thira. It is where the 4 stars hotel located at.

And the 5 stars hotel will be around Oia

We can actually climb to the top of this sleeping volcano.

Greece Part 1

Athens - Heart of Greece

In year 2008, I received a gift from my family. The gift was a trip to the Europe. Then I included Greece in the trip. It was a good trip thus I decide to make a return to Greece in year 2011.

I first set my foot in Athens, because I like the myth stories, architecture and food from Athens.

How to get there

Flight, train and ferry are the three ways to get to Athens. If you are getting off from plane, then we can take the train from airport. The final destination of the train is downtown in Athens. If you are taking off by ferry, there will be a metro station, tram station and bus station next to it. So you can just take either public transport to the downtown.

Where to stay

There are lots of hostel where the cost goes from 20 to 30 euros per night, whereas one to two stars hotel will be 30 to 50 euros per night and the luxury one will goes from 100 – 300 euros.

Where to play

It is all about museum and archaeology in Greece, so we have to go to The Acropolis and look for the Parthenon, it is one of the wonders of the ancient world. Then the Agora is must go places too. It is a market that located in the Central of Athens, thus it is also called Athens Central Market.

I skipped Mount Lycabettus in my trip. It does not mean that it is not important, just that I did not know the way to get up there. You have to climb all the way up if you like to see the view of the whole Athens from the top of the mountain.

Must do’s

- Travel around the city by tram.

- Take a walk to The Acropolis.

- Watch the soldier swapping their position in front of the parliament.

Where to eat

The foods are mostly Mediterranean such as gyros, kebab, grill fish and baked tomatoes.

Photos

It is my second time to visit the Acropolis, and still, the Parthenon is under renovation.... and when I was there in 2008, the same shit happen.

I am now planning my trip back to Athens and Santorini, so I am gonna climb to the top of the Mount Lycabettus.

Sabbas, the famous Greek restaurant in town.

NY gyro is nothing compare to the original gyro in sabbass lol