A drive to Corinth (Κορινθ&# 943;α) an ancient city about 48 miles west of Athens on the narrow stretch of land that joins the Peloponnese to the mainland of Greece was the start of today. First stop was to see the Corinth Canal which is an important shipping route and then we headed to the ancient ruins. Our guide bought to life these ruins as we saw the Temple of Apollo (God of the arts who could foresee the future). Interesti...

Arrived in Athens after nearly 40 hours of travel from Australia.....no thanks to our travel agent who must have organised the worst flights available. Needless to say we won't be using her again but would not allow our dream trip to be ruined. Picked up from the airport and taken to the 5 star Grand Bretagne.......home for the next 3 nights. So excited and ready to explore this ancient city. Our hotel overlooked Syntagma Square and we had fantastic views of the...