This morning we explored Athens by foot. We walked from our Hotel to the Museum and spent a couple of hours there checking out the exhibitions. We then we headed down to Parliament and watched the changing of the guard. This is a very elaborate ceremony that takes about 15 mins in total. The 2 guards are replaced every hour on the hour. During their shift they are not allowed to move (kind of like the English guards at Buckingham Palace). We flew out of ...

Today we did the Athens City Tour. We got some really great photos and went to all of the most famous places in Athens. Our tour guide who spoke fluent Greek, French and English told us about a lot of the history of Athens and also shared with us many stories of Greek mythology. After the tour we headed down towards Plaka for some lunch. We found lots of markets - some were antique markets selling lots of different and interesting things. While we were wa...

Woke up this morning to the sound of the phone ringing. It was the lady from the City Tour telling us she was already there. We didn't think the tour was until Friday! We got up and dressed as quickly as we could but by the time we got to the lobby they had left without us. Nothing to do now but go and have some breakfast and see if we could ring the office and reschedule for tomorrow when the office opened at 9am. Luckily we ended up being able to reschedul...

Ferry Athens to SantoriniToday we got the Blue Star Ferry Naxos to Santorini Island. The trip took approx 6 hours which is why this ferry is more like a small cruise ship. It has economy and first class and therefore separate first class and economy lounges, about 500 airseats which are big seats like you are in a plane but with a lot more room. There are also cabins on board for those who want to sleep during the trip in private and a cafe/bar, a separate bar...

This morning we left London to fly to Athens. We got to Heathrow in plenty of time and spent a couple of hours in the duty free area. Our flight was due to leave at 10:40 am but we didn't get given our gate number until 10:30. We headed straight there only to get to the gate, sit down and then be told that they had mixed up the gate numbers and we had to go to another. When we got there we were all loaded on the plane pretty much straight away. After sittin...