Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

This monument was erected on 25th March 1932 ( Independence Day of Greece) in honour  of Greek soldiers who died during the wars

Greek Parliament Building

The Hellenic Parliament sits in the Old Royal Palace, overlooking the Syntagma Square

It was cold then in October 2005

Panathenaic Stadium

Please refer to my earlier post on Greece

We were here in October 2005

Athens International Airport

We arrived at 8.30 am local time

Singapore Changi Airport

We took a direct flight from Singapore to Athens

Satay 

Sweet and Sour Crab

Greece

It was ten years ago when we first went to Greece. We visited Athens, the mainland and the nearby Saronic island of Aegina. This time we went to Athens and the islands of  Mykonos, Santorini and Delos in the Aegean Sea.

Day 1

Panathenaic Stadium

Acropolis

Lunch at Vizantino Taverna

Kerameikos

Oberlander Museum

Theatre of Dionysos

The Acropolis Museum

Dinner at Penthouse21 Skyscraper Bar & Restaurant

Day 2

To Mykonos by ferry

Lunch on the ferry

Lunch at Paraportiani Taverna

Chora

Paraportiani Church

Catholic Church of Mykonos Virgin of St Rosary

Dinner at Bonatsa Restauarant in Platis Gialos

Day 3

Island of  Delos

Lunch at La Casa Restaurant

Paradise Beach

Sunset at the windmills

Dinner at Kostas Restaurant

Day 4

Platis Gialos Beach

To Santorini by high speed ferry

Lunch on the ferry

Fira

Catholic Cathedral of St John the Baptist

Day 5

Akrotiri Archaeological site

Megalochori

Lunch at Tavern Grill House Kallisiti in Pyrgos

Wine Museum

Oia

Dinner at Oaami Restaurant

Sunset at Oia

Supper at Taverna Ladokolla

Day 6

Kamari Beach

Lunch at Hook Restaurant

To Athens by high speed ferry

Day 7

Kaisarianis Monastery

The First Cemetery

Byzantine Museum

Lunch at Colonaki Tops Restaurant

Museum of Cycladic Art

Benaki Museum

Syntagma Square

Russian Church of the Holy Trinity

Kapnikarea Church

Plaka

Monastiraki

Pantanassa Church

Lykavittos Hill
Dinner at Orizontes Restaurant at Lykavittos Hill

Day 8 

Shopping near the hotel

Afternoon flight home

Places we have been (an update)

The following are the places that we have been together  since 2001

2001
June Beijing, Chengde &  Tianjin

2002
May Shanghai

2003
Sept France

2004
June Italy
July Perth
Dec Kunming

2005
May Yangon
Oct Greece
Nov Bangkok

2006
March Siem Reap
May Tioman Island
June Japan
August Club Med, Bintan Island
Sept Melaka
Oct Russia

2007
May Turkey
Oct Kuala Lumpur
Nov Egypt

2008
May Desaru
June Sentosa Island
Nov Prague & Budapest
Dec Hong Kong

2009
April Sedili
Sept Xian
Nov South Korea
Dec Taiwan

2010
Sept Kunming, Dali, Lijiang & Shangrila
Nov Gold Coast & Sydney

2011
August Solo & Jogjakarta
Sept Penang
Dec Hanoi

2012
April Jordan
August Silk Road, China
Nov London

2013
August London  & Italy (Rome, Assisi, Orvieto, Pompeii, Naples & Sorrento)

2014
June Tokyo

2015
June Athens, Mykonos & Santorini