by Radu Polizu | Jul 12, 2008 | Blog, Greece
We packed and got a receipt and left quickly the car being parked in front on some paid parking spots for which we did not have tickets. We left towards Agios Nicolaos following the road to Kritsa. The village is no big deal, touristy with people having their...
by Radu Polizu | Jul 11, 2008 | Blog, Greece
The beautiful morning started with walk on the beach. I asked for a receipt and the owner, Dimitrios, a very spiffy gentleman, came and we followed him to another of his places, a bar on the beach, where he gave me the receipt and a business card with a mobile number....
by Radu Polizu | Jul 10, 2008 | Blog, Greece
Lazy morning with a swim in the pool and a longer breakfast followed by a stay on the beach chairs on the black sand. Gave the phone card to the guy at the hotel. Called Thrifty to tell them that I would like to bring the car around 5:30pm and they agreed with no fuss...
by Radu Polizu | Jul 9, 2008 | Blog, Greece
After a quick breakfast preceded by a swim in the pool we left to explore the island. First stop was at a traditional settlement, Megalohori, a village with narrow streets with its stones having the ribs painted in white. It was extremely hot, the first day with less...
by Radu Polizu | Jul 8, 2008 | Blog, Greece
When you are sleeping in a hotel located an eastern side beach would be sacrilegious not to wake up one morning to see the sunrise. I woke up at 5:30 and went to the black sand beach in front and watch a magnificent sunrise. It did not look like one but it ended up...
by Radu Polizu | Jul 7, 2008 | Blog, Greece
We left at 8:15am and we continued the tour of the northern part of the island passing through picturesque villages with white houses hanging on the mountain slopes We stopped in one village, named Apiranthos, and we had our typical Greek breakfast with coffee and...
by Radu Polizu | Jul 6, 2008 | Blog, Greece
We arrived in Paros and we were brought by a “domatia†guy in the harbor to a nearby hotel, Vila Stratos, kept by an American from Alabama. She moved here a short while ago, bought the hotel and was enjoying the relaxed atmosphere of the island. We dropped the...
by Radu Polizu | Jul 5, 2008 | Blog, Greece
In the morning we walked up and started to pack at 7:00am. We went for the hot breakfast offered by the hotel and included in the room at 8:00am and we were the first in the dinning room. We called a taxi, a thing that we tried the day before with no luck, but now it...
by Radu Polizu | Jul 4, 2008 | Blog, Greece
After breakfast we pondered upon what to do in order to take a boat to Delos (3 times a day, 9,10,11 am, E12 RT/person). We left for the town and the boat but we barely dragged our feet so we arrived in the harbor right when the last boat to Delos was leaving, in...
by Radu Polizu | Jul 3, 2008 | Blog, Greece
The subway was not so full in the morning and brought us in 25 minute to Piraeus and after getting a frappe, the famous coffee specialty, and some snacks for a quick bite we bought tickets, E29.5/adult, kids half, and boarded the boat that will bring us in 5.5 hours...
by Radu Polizu | Jul 2, 2008 | Blog, Greece
July 2008:The plane we got last night from Bucharest, through Vienna was delayed and we landed at 12:00am, hopped in a cab and arrived at the Aristoteles Hotel in Omonia Square at 1:00am. Athens was empty and, when I told the driver that I was here twice...
by Radu Polizu | Feb 20, 2008 | Belize, Blog
Nothing much. Woke Up for sunrise but it was cloudy. Walked in to the city for last glimpses of the Caribbean Sea with sun views and hanged out a little again tin the hammock at Tina’s in the Vibe Garden. Latter I walked all the way to the airport in at...
