{"id":3187,"date":"2017-05-13T16:47:09","date_gmt":"2017-05-13T16:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/?p=3187"},"modified":"2017-05-13T22:33:13","modified_gmt":"2017-05-13T22:33:13","slug":"greece-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/greece-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Greece 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Week 1 – Mainland Greece<\/h2>\n

My trip to Greece in 2016 was part road trip and (planned) part buses and ferries. Out of two weeks I spent the first on the mainland: Athens has a lot to offer! The obvious antique sites a vibrant bar scene and above all delicious Greek cuisine!<\/p>\n

On the 3rd day I picked up two friends of mine at the Airport. They had also planned a trip to Greece, which fortunately<\/strong> we realized in time. So we could go to Delphi together, where you don’t see much<\/em> of the Oracle of Delphi<\/a> anymore. Still it is a great site embedded in beautiful mountain scenery. On the way there we visited Hosios Loukas<\/a>, an ancient Byzantine monastery.<\/p>\n

\"Archaeological <\/a>
Archaeological site at Delphi <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Mosaic <\/a>
Mosaic in Hosios Loukas <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

I continued my trip to Meteora<\/a>, which movie nerds will know from James Bond – For Your Eyes Only<\/a>. A fascinating area with the iconic monasteries placed on the spikes like icing on cake.<\/p>\n

The next overnight stop was Litochoro for a stop by Mount Olympus. I couldn’t hike up there unfortunately due to bad weather conditions. My 7th day in Greece I spent in Thessaloniki before I departed mainland Greece to Iraklion on Crete.<\/p>\n