Long weekend in Athens by Mark Sukhija

By: Mark Sukhija

Update: We had to can this trip as flights were too expensive and the economic crisis really kicked in.

19 August 2008

Over the (Western) Easter weekend in 2009, we're planning to be in the Greek capital city of Athens. I've not been to Athens for something like 20 years - so it'll be nice to be back. By all accounts, Athens has changed hugely since then - most especially since the Athens Olympics. Improvements in infrastructure since and a car-free zone will probably make a substantial part of the city unrecognizable.

Of course, the Acropolis and, most especially, the Parthenon will still be there - atop the hill.

From Zürich, we will be taking the near-three hour Swiss International Airlines flight from Zürich Airport to Athens International Airport.

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About Mark Sukhija

Mark Sukhija is a travel and wine blogger, photographer, tourism researcher, hat-touting, white-shirt-wearing, New Zealand fantatic and eclipse chaser. Aside from at least annual visits to New Zealand, Mark has seen eclipses in South Australia (2002), Libya (2006), China (2009) and Queensland (2012). After twelve years in Switzerland, Mark moved back to London in 2012. You can follow Mark on Twitter or Facebook