Six Days in Athens & Istanbul 2012 - Post 1
So I don't think I mentioned it much here, if at all, but many months ago, Bri and I ponyed up for a short international vacation. Having watched way too many hours of Rick Steves on PBS (before the unfortunate switch over from WETA-Create to WETA-UK), we really struggled with where we most wanted to go. In the end, we worked backwards from where
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It was! We were most worried about the Athens leg of our trip because we didn't have much time there, but I think it ended up being our favorite part! It was much more laid back than Istanbul. Our two days there felt like longer, and I remember when we were headed to the airport, I had this feeling like I was perfectly rested and ready to head back to the US already! ;)
(and budget-conscious!)
We could have done a little better on this front - notice we ate twice at sitdown restaurants on our first day :P I think that lunch cost us 28 Euros (approx $36.00), and dinner cost us 22 Euros (approx $28.00) plus 5 Euros for the musicians. We got a slight discount on dinner because the owner of the cafe was a Syrian-Jordanian who appreciated my awful grasp of arabic ;) But outside of spending $$, the trip cost us $1283 a piece for airfare and hotel with breakfast. Considering that we absolutely could not travel for more than a week (I didn't have the personal time) and we included a stop in Athens, I think we got a really good deal.
I can't wait to see the Istanbul pictures!
Coming soon! :)
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