10 May 2018, Thursday After spending nine days in Greece, it was time to move on to Bulgaria, the second country of my trip. Our Thessaloniki Airbnb host Asteris swung by the apartment in the morning to check us out. He then gave us a ride to the railway station, saving us the hassle and […]
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The Grand Adventure: Day 9 – Greece (Kalabaka / Thessaloniki)
9 May 2018, Wednesday Day 9 and it’s our last day in Greece. This morning, our Airbnb host Dimitrios kindly gave us a lift from the house to the railway station. After bidding him farewell, we caught the train 590 and departed Kalabaka at 8:19am. The journey to Thessaloniki was not a direct one. At […]
8 May 2018, Tuesday I woke up feeling super excited because we were going to visit the Meteora rock formations and monasteries today. When I started planning this trip months ago, Meteora was one of the first things I pencilled in, so I was greatly looking forward to it. I initially considered touring the monasteries […]
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The Grand Adventure: Day 7 – Greece (Santorini / Kalabaka)
7 May 2018, Monday This morning we set off early (as usual) as our driver sent us to the Santorini airport to catch our 9:55am flight to Athens. The drive from Fira to the airport took only 10 minutes and we arrived at 8am. The short ride cost us 30 Euros (S$48.75) though. I had […]
6 May 2018, Sunday As we had brought forward our Oia visit to yesterday, we had the whole day available to explore Fira today. That meant waking up slightly later, but not too late, as the weather forecast still showed that it was likely going to rain later in the day. At about 8:30am, we […]
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The Grand Adventure: Day 5 – Greece (Mykonos / Santorini)
5 May 2018, Saturday This morning, we reluctantly checked out of our Airbnb apartment as we prepared to bid farewell to lovely Mykonos. Last night, I had arranged for my Airbnb host to send us to the port to catch our 9:50am Sea Jets ferry to Santorini. At 9:00am, the host’s brother arrived and he […]
4 May 2018, Friday It was a very relaxed day as we didn’t have any agenda at all. Most people who visit Mykonos will do a day trip to the nearby island of Delos, which is significant for being the birthplace of Apollo (god of daylight) and Artemis (god of night light), according to Greek […]
3 May 2018, Thursday We woke up very early today because we had to catch an early ferry to Mykonos. At about 5:35am, we checked out of our Airbnb apartment in Plaka and walked to the train station at Syntagma to catch the Metro to Piraeus. From Syntagma, we would have to change a train […]
2 May 2018, Wednesday This morning, we woke up bright and early for our visit to the Acropolis. From our apartment in Plaka, we walked for 10 minutes and reached the Southeast side gate entrance at around 7:50am. There are two entrances to the Acropolis and the West entrance is the main one where all […]
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The Grand Adventure: Day 1 – Singapore to Greece (Athens)
1 May 2018, Tuesday On 1 May 2018 at 2:35am, together with my parents, I took my one flight out of Singapore to Greece. My uncle, aunt and cousin, as well as two of my friends LW and AW, had gone to the airport to send us off. Earlier, my other cousin FL had also fetched […]