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16.-23. March 2002

Athens

Henning Nielsen
2005-09-21 17:52:51

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available. It takes 45 minuttes and brings me to the nice island of Aegina.

I get a delicious lunch at at Taverna at the harbour. A group danish schoolchildren are the only other people there.

Then its time for a walk around town. It's a little tourist-town, but since we are way out of season, there are almost no tourist. There seems to be no locals as well - but thats because we are in the middle of the siesta - so I'm almost the only person in town.

I spend a few hours looking around - before I take my hydrofoil back to Piraeus.

Friday, March 22'nd

Last day in Athens. I tage the new effective metro to the suburb of Kifisia. This is the rich mans neighbourhood. You can see it at the shops around here. Designershops and fashion-shops all over. I take a walk around the area.

On the way back I make a stop at the olympic area, which host most of the venues for the 2004 olympics.

Its not a very nice area. Concrete all over - but its huge - and extremely ugly.

Back to Athens and my hotel. For the second time on this trip there is a demonstration right in front of the hotel. Not that anyone has anything against the hotel, but the ministry of education is just opposite, and that is what the protests is about. There seem to be much more police than demonstraters afterall.

Later another walk to Plaka. Head for a Cafe and has to try one of the local specialities - a Frappé. It's a strange drink made out of milk, sugar and cold coffee. It's just as disgusting as it sounds.

End my day at my favourite eating-spot. Cafe Neon at Syntegma. A kind of sophisticated McDonalds - local fast-food dishes, but they are quite nice.

Saturday, March 23'rd

The weather has been very well all through this trip - except for this morning where it's raining cats and dogs. So this is the right time to leave. Get up early - no breakfast - out into the rain - to Syntegma - and a bus to the airport.

Check in - and finally time for some breakfast. The plane is late due to the weather, so I have plenty of time. We get another delay, when we have to land again shortly after take-off due to technical problems. "Nothing to worry about" says the captain. Some do it anyway.

It takes some time to fix the plane, so we are in Copenhagen with a 2 hour delay. But from here it's easy - first train to Vejle - and I'm back home.