This week I visited Ottawa to check out the law school and look for places to live. It’s been completely hectic, and having driven over 900 km in the past two days, my mom and I are exhausted. I didn’t have much time to sightsee or browse while in the Capital city, but I managed to go for a stroll…
One of the most beautiful and romantic places we visited in Greece was the Dodecanese Island of Symi. Symi Greece is about an hour from Rhodes by ferry, and we came in to Rhodes from Athens by a quick, easy and cheap plane ride with Agean Airlines. When we got off the boat (you can see Turkey in the horizon),…
In the middle of our trip, after a few long bus rides from Nafplio to Patras, we headed to Delphi. The ancient sanctuary of Delphi is about three hours away from Athens, and was along our route to the airport, so we made a one-night stop to visit the archeological site and the Delphi Museum. We arrived near the end…
On our last night in Athens, after a full day of sightseeing at the Ancient Agora and Monastiraki Market, we got back in to our hotel to relax, when we realized that every other attraction was closed. Instead, we decided to catch the sunset atop of Mount Lycabettus, or Lykavittos in Greek. One tip for visiting this mountain is to…
On our second full day in Athens, we decided to visit the Ancient Agora, which is adjacent to Monastiraki and near the Acropolis. On our first day, we thought we had visited the site, only to realize we visited the much smaller Roman Agora, south of Monastiraki metro station. The Ancient Agora is a much larger site, filled with ruins…
