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Need a little more mobility, rent a bicycle. They are available all over the city at reasonable rates. Biking makes it easy to explore the sights in this Danish capital city.
One particular route that is quite popular with visiting walkers and bikers takes you along the Fredericksholms Canal. This scenic route follows the inland waterways around a square shaped circuit. You can stop at the Christianborg Palace and browse the several outstanding museums along the way.
A little bit north along the coast is Helsinger where you will find the Kronborg Castle, the setting for Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
Since the 2004 Olympic Games, Athens has undergone a lot of changes and now, not speaking Greek is not a problem at all. All signs in streets, subway and buses are in English, so, you won’t have a problem trying to communicate with other people.
Athens is a very warm and contrasting city, where ancient and modern worlds clash. We stayed in a small hostel near Monastiraki square and I certainly recommend people, especially young travelers, to stay in this area because it’s pretty close to the Acropolis and its museum.
You can practically walk from there to Plaka, the Ancient Agora and the Roman Agora and not even need to take a taxi or the subway. On the day we went to the Acropolis, we had breakfast at the hostel, walked around 15 minutes, visited the site, went to the museum, and then took the subway to Syntagma Square, where we had a great lunch in one of the many cafeterias.
We then went back to the hostel and had a nice bottle of wine in its bar, which of course, had a perfect view of the Acropolis! I would really recommend people traveling there, Athens is a very cultural, traditional and warm city that welcomes all and the food there is just great!
I went there by train, for two weeks, while taking a break from my job. I was staying with my friend Ray (who is Irish) at the Relais Bourgondisch Cruyce Hotel, very central with nice and classy rooms.
We visited the Groeninge Museum which features "The Last Judgment" by Bosch and the Belfry at the center of the city: 366 small steps to go all the way up, but a magnificent view of the whole town. We also crossed the Meestraat Bridge and enjoyed the view of the river.
Although Ray didn't enjoy it much at the beginning, I think he fell in love with this town. It's a perfect place to spend a nice and quiet vacation, like I said, it's a fairytale.
It is a pretty small island with around 500 people living there. The fact that the island is so small and almost uncivilized suited us well because all we wanted was to calm down a bit from our everyday stressed life.
We stayed at tents at a camping there by the sea, we spent almost the whole day swimming and relaxing at the beach, read books and chatted.
We also met there very interesting people and because of the fact that there was not much to do on the island we had the opportunity not only to spend time with ourselves but also to know each other better and come closer. We went back home fully relaxed and calmed, ready to face again the everyday reality.
There are few large cities but many small towns and villages. We did see the country, which is highly recommendable as Greece is a very beautiful country. Many of the small towns have draws like natural hot springs but most do not.
The majority of the towns are on the sea side, and feature a wharf and beach. The water was always nice, often spectacular. The entire month was very laid back and quiet, which was welcome after the stress of a busy life at home.
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