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…
On my first day in Athens, visiting the Acropolis was a must-see. There are so many attractions in the ancient and modern city, but the Parthenon was at the top of the list of landmarks, and an opportunity to dive into learning about Hellenic culture. It was a cooler day (luckily the coolest day of our two week trip), so I…
For the past ten days, I’ve been traveling in Greece with my boyfriend. I didn’t know what to expect from this trip, but the friendly people, amazing food and stunning landscape has blown us away. I haven’t had the best wifi connections to keep up with blogging, but I’ve been posting on Instagram and Twitter when I’ve had the chance.…
