WorldWideKittyGlassesProject : July 2018

Monday, July 30, 2018

Walking Around Historical Sights (Athens, Greece)

When my friend and I got back to Athens, we decided to get the 5 day pass to see all the historical sights in Athens. Sights that were included in the pass were the following: Acropolis and slopes, Ancient Agora, Hadrian's Library (closes at 3pm so I never made it in), Kerameiko's, Aristotle's School (Lykeion(would not recommend seeing this because it's out of the way and nothing much to see at all)), Olympieion, and Roman Agora. The pass is 30 euros for adults, 15 for students. You can not go to a sight more than once. It was so very hot in Athens, but since I had never been there before I wanted to see EVERYTHING!! My friend and I walked a lot on the first day of seeing the sights. It was so hot and tiring that my friend said she would have to pass on sight seeing the next day. Luckily when I started my day at Kerameikos I asked a girl from Brazil to take a photo for me and we ended up spending the day together sight seeing. It was a super tiring day because we went everywhere and for the sunset we went up a very tall hill. We went up so many steps and slopes that I felt like I had taken a shower I was sweating so much. However, the sunset was great and it was worth the effort. The next day my friend and I left Athens. I flew to Budapest and she flew to Paris. I almost forgot to take her photo wearing my glasses, so I had to take it at the airport! Thanks for a great week Taña!!! It was our forth continent together!

theater

beautiful view

blue skies

gorgeous

sun beaming through

I'm so small compared to it

different angle

view of Athens

Greek flag

in Acropolis

traveling for a week together in Greece

cool pillars

another incredible building

a smaller theater

nice statue

arch

soooo big!

breath taking

in ancient agora

cheese!

wild tortoise

walking around

so hot in the middle of the day

looks like a picture

Brazil

impressive

Acropolis in the distance

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Mykonos, Greece

My friend had a friend who was in Mykonos and told her that his friend could get us a great deal for a hotel room by the beach in Mykonos. So we took a ferry from Athens to Mykonos. The ferry took 5 hours, but was worth it because the island was beautiful. The waters were so clear and swimming was so nice! We even got to be shown around a little bit on our first day. The other days we were on our own, but we had a wonderful time exploring the town and swimming. I didn't bring my snorkel on this trip, but since the water was so clear I decided to buy one and truly enjoy the crystal clear waters.

crystal clear


empty beach

luckily her friend had a car to drive us here

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red sliver of the moon

walking towards the town

stunning

boats, boats

pebbles


so clear

little venice

blue and white houses everywhere

the beach i snorkeled a lot at

just before getting into the town area

windmills


mini waves

Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Athens Free Walking Tour (Greece)

A friend of mine who I haven't seen in 8 years was in Europe and we decided that we had to meet somewhere in Europe. We both haven't been to Greece, so we chose to meet there. By chance another friend of mine and her boyfriend were going to be in Athens at the exact same time. I got a message from a tour guide about his free walking tour in Athens. I looked at the information and it looked pretty good, so I convinced my friends to join me for the walk. We all had a wonderful time and got to see a lot of cool things. We learned a lot about the city and at the end of the tour, we got to try some great Greek food. If you go to Athens, you should check out his tour. At night my friends and I watched an old Greek movie in the Odeon of Herodes Atticus. It was really cool and there was a person who played the piano during the entire movie. It was very impressive. It was a wonderful first full day in Athens.