“Greece 🇬🇷 ~Just In Case You Missed It”

• July 4, 2020
• By Pen
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Greece 🇬🇷

“Just In Case You Missed It”  

Year-To-Date; Completed Travel Stats:

Currently through: March 12, 2020 thru June 27, 2020

For the Record: This is Where we sheltered in place and did Quarantine from COVID19; though there were Zero cases of Covid19 on Santorini

Total Miles Traveled to date: 91,281 Miles

Since November of 2018, when I began this record  keeping, we have traveled through 30 countries. As an “all” total, of over 20 years, I have visited 77 countries thus far, and Daryl around 52. We have many more country adventures ahead!

For our 29th Stop: ~Greece 🇬🇷

We flew by plane from Istanbul, Turkey to Athens, Greece: 350 Miles

Island Hopping: By Plane from Athens to Mykonos: 95 Miles

By Ferry from Mykonos to Santorini: 73 Miles 

By Ferry from Santorini to Syros: 88 Miles 

By Ferry from Syros to Tinos: 18 Miles

By Ferry from Tinos to Paros and Antiparos: 41 Miles

By Ferry from Paros to Santorini: 75 Miles

By Plane from Santorini to Athens: 146 Miles

By Bus from Athens to Albania border: 45 Miles 

Rental Car on all Islands, as well as Athens to Albania border: 700 Miles

Greece 🇬🇷✅ To and thru: 1,631 miles 

We traveled by way of: Ferry, Plane ✈️, Taxi 🚕, Rental Car, Horses, and lots of walking

List of Traveling Points:

Athens Highlights:

Beule Gate, to The Propylaia that led to The Acropolis, Parthenon, The Temple of Athena Nike, 🇭🇷 Theater of Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Porch of the Caryatids, Old Temple if Athena, Ruins of Agios Nikolaos, Plaza Square, Acropolis Museum, Hadrians Arch/Gate

Mykonos Island Highlights:

Carbonaki Hotel, Landmark Hill in Chora/16 Windmills, Armenistis Lighthouse, Mykonos D Harbor, The “Venice” of Mykonos 

Santorini Island Highlights:

Alta Vista Suites, Caldeta View, Ammoudi Abay, Thira, Ancient Thira, Fira, Oia, Vlychada, Red Beach/Lighthouse, Dreams Luxury Suites 

Syros Island Highlights:

Hermès Hotel, Ermoupolis Port Town, Church of Resurrection, Church of Agios Nikolas, Syros Police Department, Miaouli Square, Finikas Beach, Capuchin Monastery, Ano Syros Village, Komi Beach, Galissas Beach, Mega Gialos Village, Achiadi Beach and Vari Bay, Agios Alexandros Church, City Hall of Hermoupolis, National Resistance Monument, Delphinu Beach, Agios Paraskevi

Tinos Island Highlights:

Port Town of Chora, Golden Beach hotel, Panogioa Evangelismos Theotokou or Church of the Virgin Mary, Monastery of the Assumption/Lady of Angels, Kechros Village, Lady of Mercy Church

We also visited around 25 villages and just as many churches or more. Here are links to them all, if you want to see their names; its just too much to list on an already long post

Paros Island Highlights:

Helens Apartments, Aliso Village, Church of 100 Doors, Agios Nikolas, Porasparos Beach, Prodromos and Marpissa Villages, Church of Agios Ionnis Prodromos, Isle of Age Kali, Abay of Naoussa,  Kimisis Tis Theotokou Church, Aspiro Chorio, Lwlantwni Beache, Church of Aspiro Chorio

Antiparos Island Highlights:

Cave of Antiparos in Glifa, Churchof Agios Ionnis Spiliotis

In addition to visiting five islands, we also Ported at the following Islands, as we island-hopped in the Cyclades: Folegandros, Ios, Sikinos, Naxos, and Therasia

Backstory…We began (again) from LAX, California, USA 🇺🇸 on November 2, 2018.  We were gone for another full-time year of travel, prior, but did not have an official travel blog, yet. Now, we we have a new Travel Blog Website to post on, to prevent any further loss of our travel stories by Facebook

Travel Blog Website: 2 Gypsies In The Wind

https://2gypsiesinthewind.com

Pen’s Facebook: Bunny Chronicles:

https://m.facebook.com/Bunny-Chronicles-100562418040250/

Daryl’s Facebook: World Traveler https://m.facebook.com/worldtraveleronthego/

In addition, I have photos available for viewing, which go way far back in our world travel on my photo website:    

http://picsbypen.smugmug.com   

Since November of 2018:

   1. Vietnam 🇻🇳✅ 12,906 Miles

   2. Cambodia 🇰🇭✅ 1,860 Miles

   3. Vietnam 🇻🇳✅ 870 Miles (visited again)

   4. Malaysia, Borneo🇲🇾✅ 3,155 Miles

   5. Brunei 🇧🇳 ✅ 672 Miles

   6. Philippines 🇵🇭✅ 4,112 Miles

   7. Papua N. Guinea🇵🇬✅ 7,478 Miles

   8. Philippines 🇵🇭✅ 4,112 Miles (visited again)

   9. Taiwan 🇹🇼✅ 1,817 Miles

10. South Korea 🇰🇷 ✅ 3,516 Miles

11. Japan 🇯🇵✅ 1,866 Miles

12. Kazakhstan 🇰🇿✅

13. Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬✅

14. Uzbekistan 🇺🇿✅

15. Tajikistan 🇹🇯✅

16. Turkmenistan 🇹🇲✅

 Grand Total in Five Stans: 6,355 Miles

17. Mongolia 🇲🇳✅ 4,854 Miles

18. Kazakhstan 🇰🇿✅ 3,851 Miles (visited again)

19. UAE 🇦🇪✅ 2,147 Miles

20. India 🇮🇳✅ 9,742 Miles

  21. Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 ✅ 1,803 Miles

22. Thailand 🇹🇭 ✅ 1,630 Miles

23. Indonesia 🇮🇩 ✅ 1,750 Miles 

24. Singapore 🇸🇬 ✅ 1,231 Miles

25.  Uganda 🇺🇬 ✅ 6,574 Miles 

26. Ethiopia 🇪🇹 ✅ 4,054 Miles 

27.  Egypt 🇪🇬 ✅ 1,699 Miles

28.  Turkey 🇹🇷 ✅ 2,010 Miles

29. Greece🇬🇷 ✅ 1,632 Miles