Roaming In Athens

Unlike the city of Dubai, Athens is a city to walk around in.  In fact, I would say Athens is a city where you’re supposed to roam around in.  Pretty much everything around here is centered around the Acropolis.

If you’ve never been to Greece before, you may feel a bit nervous or worried; after all, it’s a city that’s been in the news for it’s near bankruptcy, for its austerity measures, for always needing bailout money, and for its high unemployment rates.  I remembered back when I was still working in a brokerage department, markets were falling because of the potential for Greece to default, because of the future that if Greece left the Eurozone, a lot of countries would follow suit, and because of the fear that it would create a domino effect of defaults in Eurozone.  This was back in 2011. Continue reading Roaming In Athens

Offseason In Santorini

Don’t go during the very offseason in Santorini.

A lot of amazing accommodations are not opened.  A lot of amazing restaurants are not opened.  The weather can be terrible – frosty and cold while raining, making the cobbled pathways slippery and uncomfortable to walk in.  Sometimes, it hails at night.  It’s pitch black during the night.  A lot of shops aren’t opened.

Yet again, perhaps due to these reasons we had cheaper accommodations and flights.  Perhaps that’s why Santorini seemed like it belonged to us, as there were no other tourists to fight with. Continue reading Offseason In Santorini