tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81444679345186484142024-03-05T21:50:26.625-08:00We swap our apartment in Athens, Greece - Apartment Exchange in Athens, GreeceHome exchange. In this blog you can see photos and descriptions of our apartment in Athens. The location is near all means of transport and very close to everything.travel4funhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12716585633553971917noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144467934518648414.post-55593286755264035122015-01-11T11:15:00.002-08:002015-01-11T11:16:43.926-08:00Ten things to do in Athens with children that don't involve old rocks<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Athens may be a big city, but if you slow down just a bit, and you base yourself on the correct, family friendly side of downtown, you’re sure to fall in love. There’s much to explore in this at once modern and ancient metropolis, and much to entertain the children while you still get to explore the ancient sites.</div>
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So, slow down, plant yourself in Athens for 4 or 5 days, and plan to include at least half of these top ten Athens travel ideas that will please and entertain both you and your children:</div>
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1. <a href="http://www.true-athens.com/wordpress/2008/01/haridimos-shadow-puppet-workshop-and-museum/" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #413f36; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Haridimos Shadow Puppet Museum and Workshop</a>, perfect for the child WITHIN all of us.</div>
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2. <a href="http://www.hellenic-cosmos.gr/" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #413f36; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Hellenic Cosmos </a>Virtual Reality Exhibits, highly recommended before you drag them though the Ancient Agora or off to Ancient Olympia.</div>
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3. Visit the <a href="http://www.archelon.gr/index_eng.php" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #413f36; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Caretta Caretta Turtle Rescue Center </a>in Glyfada – you can combine this with your Tram trip (see #4 below).</div>
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4. Take the slow train to the coast, find a beach, and PLAY. There’s a kids’ “moonwalk land”, an old Navy boat that’s been transformed into a museum as well as a human sized chess game almost always in play on the boardwalk not far from the Flisovos Marina (Tram stop anywhere, but Trocadero is a good place to find lots to do), and during October 2010 you can pickup free bicycles to ride up and down the coast just by showing your tram ticket (limited to set hours, see the <a href="http://www.tramsa.gr/index.cfm?page_id=179&press_id=119&lang_id=1" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #413f36; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Tram website </a>for more details). If you feel compelled to “do” something “educational” on the way back, see number 6 below).</div>
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5. Visit the wonderful playground in the National Gardens near the Zappeio.</div>
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6. <a href="http://www.eugenfound.edu.gr/frontoffice/portal.asp?cpage=NODE&cnode=1&clang=1" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #413f36; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">The Eugenides Planetarium </a>in Palio Faliro.</div>
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7. Take a hydrofoil to Hydra.</div>
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8. Go to an outdoor movie, or if you’re visiting outside of the <a href="http://www.true-athens.com/wordpress/2010/07/the-summer-cinema-in-athens/" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #413f36; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">summer cinema season</a>, consider the Village Theater in Pangrati on Ymittou. Before the movie you can take the kids for a tumble in the lower level indoor child’s playland, or upstairs to the fantastic children’s store, the Imaginarium, and after the movie you can head down the street to Ladokolla – see #9.</div>
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9. Let them eat with their hands at Archaion Gefseis (Ancient Flavors) – if they are picky eaters and don’t want to eat, that’s ok too, because the seats all allow diners to experience dinner as the Ancients did, while reclining – so, if the kids are tired, let them sleep! Yes, the place is a bit kitchy, but where else can the kids eat with their hands without you having to tell them to mind their manners? If kitsch is too much for you, go local and take them to <a href="http://www.true-athens.com/wordpress/2010/12/ladokola-the-plateless-place/" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #413f36; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Ladokolla</a>, the waxpaper place, where sheets of butcher paper are your plates and eating with your hands from the pile of finger linking good grilled chops in the center of the table is the rule. The funny cartoons on the walls are captioned in Greek – but no matter, one of your friendly, energetic young servers will surely <img alt="" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3091" src="http://www.true-athens.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/DSC09444-225x300.jpg" height="300" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; display: inline; float: right; margin: 0px 0px 2px 7px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 4px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="DSC09444" width="225" />translate the captions.</div>
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10. Ride the <a href="http://www.ametro.gr/page/default.asp?id=48&la=2" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #413f36; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">metro</a>. Kids not only love trains, but the metro is an amazing archeological dig that puts things into much greater perspective than alot of the sites you’ll be dragging them to. Forget about the cases with urns, just check out the ancient graves, the aquaduct, an old kiln and more. And really impress your kids when you point out that the skeleton in the grave in the Syntagma station has two left femurs!</div>
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And finally, if you MUST visit a museum – consider the original <a href="http://www.benaki.gr/index.asp?lang=en" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #413f36; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Benaki Museum</a> on Vas. Sophias avenue – if you are traveling with young girls, they’ll love the collection of costumes, you’ll get to see plenty of ancient relics as well, while the airplane lovers in your group will enjoy a peek at the outdoor aircraft on display behind the <a href="http://www.true-athens.com/wordpress/2010/03/the-war-museum-it%E2%80%99s-not-just-about-war/" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #413f36; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">War Museum </a>just up the street, and afterwards you’ll be able to make a quick exit to the playground across the street in the National Gardens.</div>
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Source: http://www.true-athens.com/wordpress/2011/10/ten-things-to-do-in-athens-with-children-that-dont-involve-old-rocks/</div>
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The "mind the cup" at Peristeri now boasts that it is the list of Buzzfeed with "25 coffee shops to see before you die." The list includes cafes from New York, to Australia that have managed to stand out due to the aromatic coffee, the design and drawings on mugs with latte.<br />
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It's a warm and welcoming place, which urges you to explore it. A shop that could have been taken out from a film. The designs you will see in your cup with milk will impress.<br />
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Source: www.lifo.gr<br />
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We swap our apartment in Athens with any interesting place in the world. We prefer non-simultaneous swaps but we won't say no to a convenient simultaneous one.<br />
Send us an email at taxidevontas2@gmail.com and once you come in Athens we will help you see the city as a local.<br />
You can see photos here:<br />
https://www.9flats.com/places/140168-apartment-athens-attiki<br />
https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/3627103<br />
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Today the weather was wonderful and as summer is already here we felt like seeing the sea. There was no traffic and we reached the sea in just 20 minutes by car.<br />
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First we had coffee by the sea. Some people were in the sunbeds and were swimming.<br />
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When the children got bored they played at the indian tent.<br />
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Then we had a juice at the garden.</div>
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The pool was fantastic in the end. Especially the sunset was awesome.</div>
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The way back was also good. No traffic, in 20-25 minutes we were back<br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The Ancient Agora</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Plaka-Monastiraki-Thision</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Thiseion Cinema</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Monastiraki Flea Market</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Byzantino Museum</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Benaki Museum, Pireos Street Annex</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Gazi for entertainment (drink, coffee, food)</span></span></li>
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Close to the university campus you will usually meet students in all day bars and cafes.<br />
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For coffee or a drink and some nice restaurants. For coffee we usually go to Podilato but for food we go to Salero.<br />
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Thissio. You can have a drink opposite the Acropolis but if you want to try something different you should try Rakomelo in one of the cafes-bars of Iraklidon Str. Not the ones close to the Acropolis. Walk further down and you will find small cafes serving this typical greek drink. Don't miss cine thision, which has been voted as the best cinema in the world. It's one of the oldest open air cinemas in Greece. You can enjoy your drink as you see a film under the Athenian sky and the Acropolis.<br />
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Greece is not known for its wines, but a new crop of wine bars in Athens offers locals and tourists the chance to sample some excellent homegrown varieties<br />
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The economic crisis that has plagued <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/greece" title="More from guardian.co.uk on Greece">Greece</a> for the past five years has led to changes on the Athenian culinary scene, including the opening of three new types of venues that seem to be reflective of the times. The first two – cupcake places and frozen yogurt shops – are imports from abroad, perhaps indicative of a population in need of something sweet, comforting and affordable. On the other hand, the third trend, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wine" title="More from guardian.co.uk on Wine">wine</a> bars, digs deep into Greece's roots, representing a fascinating phenomenon in a country that is one of the world's oldest wine-producing regions.<br />
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In antiquity, Greek wine was exported across the Mediterranean, and the winemaking tradition has remained strong through the millennia. Yet although there are numerous wineries around the country, in the modern era Greek wine has never achieved the place it deserves on the international market. Production levels are low and vintners have long been unsure of how to market abroad. Outside Greece, one might at best find retsina, a sweet wine infused with pine resin that's reminiscent of the wine used at Communion, or <em>mavrodafni</em>, a red varietal with an almost industrial flavour. But with Greeks themselves <a href="http://www.culinarybackstreets.com/athens/2012/move-over-ouzo/" title="">increasingly consuming wine</a>, these days a new crop of wine bars has opened in <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/athens" title="More from guardian.co.uk on Athens">Athens</a> that give both locals and visitors the chance to taste some great domestic varieties.<br />
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<strong>Oinoscent</strong> (which we previously mentioned in our <a href="http://www.culinarybackstreets.com/athens/2012/best-bites-of-2012-athens/" title="">Athens Best Bites of 2012</a>) was the first wine bar downtown when it opened a few years ago and is still very popular with young professionals. The atmosphere – which, unlike most bars in Athens, is strictly nonsmoking – is smart yet casual, with aluminium chairs and warm decor. (Don't forget to check out the über-sleek wine cellar downstairs.) Oinoscent's owners, two lovely brothers in their late twenties, are happy to offer informed advice in English about what to choose from the wine list. The snacks are also excellent: in addition to the barley rusks (think big, fat rustic croutons soaking in olive oil) and olives and the truly fantastic cheese platter, there is an excellent <em>mozzarella di bufala</em> with baby tomatoes.<br />
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The short, carefully selected wine list at Oinoscent is balanced between domestic and foreign wines, but the real adventure lies on the list's Greek side. We particularly like the Mikri Kivotos, a blend of <em>agiorgitiko</em> grapes from the Nemea region of the Peloponnese and <em>xinomavro</em> grapes from Amyntaio in northern Greece. Often characterised as Greece's merlot, xinomavro is one of the most promising Greek varieties, at once dark (<em>mavro</em> means black), dry and rich in flavor. If you are aiming for white, another interesting option is Magiko Vouno ("Magic Mountain"), made by Lazaridi Winery in Drama in Northern Greece. This is a popular sauvignon blanc in Greece and is an elegant, exuberant wine with fruity notes.<br />
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Located just off Ermou, Athens' biggest commercial street, <strong>Heteroclito</strong> (which means "heterogenous") opened its doors in late summer 2012. The place is our favourite in terms of decor: the downstairs area is like a nonsmoking French bistro, while the smoking area upstairs is an ode to 60s and 70s Athens, with mosaic floors and Danish furniture. The emphasis here is on Greek wine and Greek grape varieties, something that the owners, Madeleine and Chrysoula, are always keen to point out. Indeed, all of the wines served by the glass are Greek.</div>
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We loved the <em>malagousia</em> – one of Greece's best-known aromatic varieties, grown in both the Peloponnese and northern Greece – from Arvanitidis Winery outside Thessaloniki. This delicate, aromatic white grape had become virtually extinct by the 1980s, when Gerovassiliou Winery resuscitated it and turned it into a leading Greek wine, especially in the foreign market. Greece's dessert wine tradition is also worthy of note. Some of the country's best dessert wines are produced by a co-operative on the island of Samos. The award-winning Samos Nectar, which has a rich, sweet taste with an almost raisin-like aftertaste, is considered one of the best in its category – and, at €4 per glass, it's also a great deal.</div>
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There are two even newer entries to the roster of downtown Athens wine bars. <strong>By the Glass</strong> took over one of the Syntagma area's most beautiful arcades, opposite the city's Russian Orthodox church, to open a clean (no smoking allowed) bar with an interesting twist. Customers can pick and choose what they want to try and in what quantity, with glasses offered in 25ml, 75ml and 150ml. There are about 90 labels available, of which 19 are offered by the glass, making the venue a great place to taste different varieties. By the Glass attracts a somewhat older and more mature clientele.</div>
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Also brand-new, <strong>Harvest</strong> is located at one of our favourite street corners, where the pedestrianised Aiolou meets Evripidou, a traditional downtown trade street famous for its spices and <em>pastirma</em> shops. Run by the young and enthusiastic Evangelia Kontopoulou, Harvest is a place we have grown to love. The decor – funky ceramic tiles on the walls, large communal tables – is gorgeous. Thanks to both the menu and the wine list, Harvest attracts a mixed crowd, from young couples and singles to folks in their sixties. The food selection is reason enough to come here, though the tapas are on the pricy side. In our opinion, the best value-for-money items are the <em>tostas</em>, open grilled sandwiches served with salad on the side, of which our favourite is the one with <em>jamón</em> (Spanish ham) and tomato. We're also fond of the (very Spanish) <em>fabada</em>, a delicious mixture of white baby beans and chorizo in red sauce.</div>
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We imagine that in a few years from now, Athens will most likely have far fewer cupcake bakeries and frozen yogurt stands. This new crop of wine bars, on the other hand, seems like it's here to stay. We'll drink to that.</div>
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<em>• Oinoscent: Voulis 45-47, Syntagma, +30 210 322 9374, Mon-Thurs noon-1am, Fri-Sat noon-2am, closed Sunday</em><br />
<em>• Heteroclito: Fokionos 2, Syntagma, +30 210 323 9406, </em><a href="http://www.heteroclito.gr/en/index.html" title=""><em>heteroclito.gr</em></a><em>, Mon-Thurs noon-midnight, Fri-Sat 12.30pm-1.30am, Sun 5pm-11pm</em><br />
<em>• By the Glass: Georgiou Souri 3, Syntagma, +30 210 323 2560, Mon-Thurs 8pm-late, Sat 10pm-late, Sun 11pm-late (closing time depends on business) </em><br />
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Personally we have been to <strong>WINE POINT</strong> which is close to the Acropolis Museum and we had a great time. </div>
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The decoration is very cosy and its list contains a variety of very good greek wines in very good prices. The wine we chose was one with my favourite variety called Malagouzia. When we went there was also a very good guitarist who played and sang 80s greek rock music. We would definitely recommend it!</div>
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As soon as you get in our apartment you see the dining table. I think it's the place with the most positive energy as we have placed on the table volcanic stones from Santorini island.<br />
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For those who will be in Athens these days, here is a promising musical event. <br />
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‘Traditional Songs of Ireland’: A musical encounter with songs of Ireland; a country with a great musical tradition. Songs will be sung in both Irish and English, addressing themes of love, migration, country life and happiness. Performance: Labri Giotto (piano, vocal) and George Tsimbouksis (guitar). This musical event is held with the kind support of the Embassy of Ireland in Greece, on the occasion of the Irish 2013 Presidency of the Council of the European Union.<br />
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<strong><u><span style="font-size: large;">The Acropolis Museum is 5 metro stops (lines 1 and 2) or 6 metro stops (line 2) from our house (aprx 12 minutes).</span> </u></strong><br />
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<strong>Every Friday</strong>, the Acropolis Museum remains open <strong>until 10 p.m.</strong> and the restaurant is open <strong>until 12 midnight </strong>with a special menu based on classical and traditional recipes, giving particular emphasis on local products from regional Greece.<br />
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This is me in our living room in September. The weather was still very warm and the windows were open. September is a very nice season to visit Greece, as it is out of season, prices are low and the weather is still warm. For tourists coming from the north I would say that September is the best season as the weather is warm enough to go to the sea but it doesn't tire you.</div>
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This is our living room in winter. There is a red carpet down the floor. The heating is central but apart from that there is air conditioner in the room and we are always warm in winter or cool in summer.<br />
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For those who love music, apart from CDs with greek music you can also play the piano. </div>
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These cookies are a tasty accompaniment for your coffee or tea. They
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250g sugar</div>
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170g grape must</div>
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150g extra virgin olive oil</div>
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200g water</div>
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9g cinnamon</div>
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1 kg soft flour</div>
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4g baking powder</div>
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4g soda powder<br />
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Combine all the ingredients in a large mixing bowl to form a pliable dough, without over handling the dough.</div>
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The Antikythera mechanism is displayed at the <a href="http://www.namuseum.gr/wellcome-en.html">National Archaeological Museum </a>of Athens, accompanied by a reconstruction made and donated to the museum by Derek de Solla Price.
Our apartment is 1,6 km away from the national archaeological museum. It usually takes me 20 minutes to go there on foot. <br />
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Our kitchen is 12 square metres. It's a big room and there is a cooker with the oven, a fridge and a washing machine. In the middle of the room there is a table of four seats which is extended to 6-8 seats if you want. There are all kinds of saucepans you can use, and a variety of cutlery. There are also plenty of recipes for traditional greek food if you want to try some.</div>
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In the area you can find a big super market 7 min walking and two mini markets 3-4 minutes walking distance. There is also a butcher's, a chemist's and a bakery in 2 minutes walking distance. Next to them there is a petrol station in case you rent a car. In that case you can find plenty of free parking space.</div>
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Our relatives often send us oranges and olive oil but we also make marmelades from fruit of my mother's garden.
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Greek breakfast is usually very simple but very nutritious. Ours contain milk or greek coffee, bread with honey -a family friend has beehives and we get some excellent honey from Igoumenitsa- Sometimes we eat yoghurt with honey and some dry fruit and some other times we eat cheese.There are times that we prefer greek cookies. My favourite are moustokoyloura. I will find the recipe and I will post it later.<br />
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We like bread in the morning or fryganies (rusks.) Home made sandwiches with ham cheese (I prefer graviera) and vegetables are very common. Cheesepie and Spinachpie is another option or if you want something sweet bougatsa (cream pie) is delicious and perfectly combined with greek coffee.
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For those who are going to stay in our apartment we can give a list of shops or producers where they can buy local products from. We can also show them where we usually buy food from near our house so that they can get a local taste.<br />
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There is one bathroom in our apartment. It was rennovated in 2004. There is the wash basin, the toilet and a shower. </div>
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Thission is the area around the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Hephaestus" target="_blank">Temple of Hephaestus</a>. On the one side you can go to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monastiraki" target="_blank">Monastiraki</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agora_of_Athens" target="_blank">Agora of Athens</a> but if you go up the hill you can stroll on a pedestrian route along Apostolou Pavlou. Both walks are very enjoyable. In summers we usually go to the open summer cinema called Thission which is unique in Athens, but in winter we usually walk up to one cafe of the so many in the area.<br />
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You can read more about the cinema <a href="http://www.greeka.com/attica/athens/news/news/1124.htm" target="_blank">Cine Thission best in the world by CNN</a>.<br />
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There is a nice site wih walks around Athens you might find useful <a href="http://www.athensinfoguide.com/walk3.htm">http://www.athensinfoguide.com/walk3.htm</a><br />
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The cafes around the Acropolis are quite expensive but if you choose one further away you will find better prices.<br />
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When we go around the area we go down Iraklidon Rd which leads to a nice pedestrian area with cafes and we usually drink <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakomelo" target="_blank">rakomelo</a> a <span style="color: black;">warm mixed alcoholic drink</span>. If you don't like alcohol do not try it, as it is quite strong.<br />
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After that we head for Agia Marina church. The view is very nice.<br />
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Our apartment is 5 stops to Thission by line 1 metro. If you take a taxi it might cost 4-5 euros.<br />
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What we usually like doing after a good meal is a strong espresso. There is a coffee maker for cappuccino and espresso, a coffee maker for american coffee as well as a "briki" for making greek coffee. If you don't know how we can leave instructions on how to make it.<br />
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Although the rest of the house is rennovated the kitchen has been kept in the original plan. By looking at the tiles in the kitchen you can get an idea of what the design was in Athens in the late 60s.<br />
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We wish you happy holidays. Let's hope that 2013 will be full of joy and health.<br />
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Our Christmas Tree is in the living room next to the balcony door. The one wall of the living room is yellowish and the curtains are in white and light blue colours.<br />
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Next to the Christmas Tree you can see the TV. It's a TV with decoder that means that we can see MP4 channels.<br />
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