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October 2020: Athens (Part 6): City Centre Roundup

28 January 2021 RandR.scot Europe, Greece

Thursday On returning to the city from Aegina on Thursday, we had time to fit in a visit to the National Museum of Contemporary Art, also known as EMST. This

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October 2020: Athens (Part 5): Excursion to Aegina

26 January 2021 RandR.scot Europe, Greece

Thursday Aegina is another island in the Saronic Gulf, bigger than Hydra and considerably closer to Athens. It is named after the mother of a former king of the island.

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October 2020: Athens (Part 4): From Hill to Meeting Place

25 January 2021 RandR.scot Europe, Greece

Wednesday This was another ‘city day’, and just as Monday had begun with an ascent to the Acropolis, so this morning brought another climb. Our objective this time was the

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October 2020: Athens (Part 3): Day trip to Hydra

27 December 2020 RandR.scot Europe, Greece

Tuesday We knew that our intention was to take two side trips from Athens to nearby islands, and decided that in order to maximise city-country contrast, we should take the

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October 2020: Athens (Part 2): Acropolis & Museum

22 December 2020 RandR.scot Europe, Greece

Monday The transition from weekend to new week brought a move from ‘settling in’ to serious sightseeing. Top of the list were the city’s most popular attractions: the Acropolis and

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October 2020: Athens (Part 1): Settling In

10 December 2020 RandR.scot Europe, Greece

Saturday With our original plans for 2020 in tatters and multiple replacements having suffered a similar fate, Bruce and I tried one more time by arranging to spend a week

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