Author: Ali Karim

By Ali Karim

More Peloponnese, Greece, June 2021

This post is part of a series called Greece 2021 After Monemvasia, we drove westwards to the Mani region of the Peloponnese. Mani is a peninsula within Peloponnese peninsula, on the west side of Peloponnese. The locals are called Maniots and are descendants of the Spartans, whose military might was unmatched in Greece during 650BC…

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By Ali Karim

Peloponnese, Greece, June 2021

This post is part of a series called Greece 2021 We left Mykonos taking a flight back to Athens, where we rented a car at the airport and drove west, bypassing Athens, towards the Peloponnese peninsula. The Peloponnese is a peninsula located at the southern tip of the mainland, 21,500 sq kms in area, and…

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By Ali Karim

Mykonos, Greece, May 2021

This post is part of a series called Greece 2021 Mykonos, Greece, May 2021 From Santorini, we took a Seajet ferry as foot passengers to Mykonos island; a pleasant ferry boat ride for 3 hours; passing multiple other Greek islands (big & small) in the Aegean Sea. At the Mykonos ferry port, we were greeted…

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By Ali Karim

More Athens, Greece, May 2021

This post is part of a series called Greece 2021 Our trip in Athens and Greece continues. Today was Dilshad’s 65th birthday and planned to get more sightseeing done. We took a public tram from our hotel and walked over to the Syntagma (Constitution square), the central square of modern Athens, where the Hellenic Parliament…

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By Ali Karim

Athens, Greece, May, 2021

This post is part of a series called Greece 2021 Athens, Greece, May 2021 We visited Greece during Covid times, just as Greece became one of the few European countries that had started gradual slow-opening up for tourist in April 2021, with full opening on May 14. Since Greece was on our bucket list, we…

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