I recently got home from my trip to Greece and this video made me so happy. An incredible country with beautiful sights and so much history. Looking forward to your next videos!

@PeterandYen

11 ай бұрын

That's awesome to hear! What was your favourite part of your trip? 😃

Amazing ancient history seen in this excellent video. Well done, guys.

@PeterandYen

11 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙂 wasn't the easiest of vlogging days but we tried our best ✌️

Wow, you guys did so well after a mozzie filled night. They love me too, but it's not a mutual thing.

@PeterandYen

11 ай бұрын

Haha thanks we tried 😅 can't lie it was a bit of a struggle but glad we were still able to vlog and not be total munters 😂 mozzies.. they're the worst!

@Kiwi_Col

11 ай бұрын

@@PeterandYen 😂

So full of history....love it🥰🥰

@PeterandYen

11 ай бұрын

You might be there next year 😉🤞

Aye yaaaaa $26.75 for two sammies?? At least you threw some crisps in the sammy kiwi style😁… Was it so expensive because it’s a tourist area? You guys did great running on 2 1/2 hrs of mosquito 🦟 interrupted sleep… very informative and great views… very cool to see (was really into Greek mythology as a kid) these places we’ve studied about growing up… Looking forward to the Greece series!! By the way 🇰🇷 🧟‍♂️ 😢

@PeterandYen

11 ай бұрын

Dude r u OK? Bit of a brutal loss from the 🧟‍♂️ hopefully he can bounce back but I read that he's considering retirement. Holloway is such a great fighter too though, that division has too much talent. I think it's because that's a tourist area. Things are more expensive than normal and not much was open either during that time 😅

@SeoulMan2020

11 ай бұрын

@@PeterandYen pretty sad to see, but he went out on his own terms… KZ’s walk out was pretty cool with the whole arena singing Zombie.. glad he retired…

Amazing! I've always loved the history of ancient Greece and Magna Graecia and dreamed of exploring.❤ I'm so excited for this series 😍

@PeterandYen

11 ай бұрын

Thanks Daryl! Hope you'll enjoy it 😊🙌🇬🇷 Greek history and mythology is so fascinating 😃

@darylmckay

11 ай бұрын

@@PeterandYen ancient Greek history, culture, and myths have always been a passion of mine. It really is the basis of Western culture!

@PeterandYen

11 ай бұрын

Did you have a favorite tale Daryl? It was one of my favourites growing up too.

@darylmckay

11 ай бұрын

@PeterandYen I've always loved Jason and the Argonauts. A favourite writer of mine, Tim Severin had a replica of a bronze age galley built and recreated Jason's voyage, getting to modern-day Colchis, Georgia. He then recreated Odysseus' route using the same ship. Mind-blowing 😊

@PeterandYen

11 ай бұрын

That's so cool! ⛵️ those are all great stories. As a kid I always enjoyed the tales of Hercules and always watched that series as well as xena the warrior princess when it was on TV 😁

What a dream to visit Athens! You woke up early, and still the line was quite long. It is so incredible to think that these magnificent places were built so long ago. Sounds like the Greeks eat later like we do in Spain, we don't usually serve lunch before 2, 2:30 pm. Love all the historical facts you share guys, Socrates was a brilliant mind to my eyes. The views are astonishing 😍🥰

@PeterandYen

11 ай бұрын

The lines got waaaay longer by the time we left the whole area was really crowded. No wonder the staff seemed very stressed out and patience was at their limit hahaha. Yeah I think europe in general has later eating hours. We're used to eating lunch at 12 and dinner around 6 😅 what time do you guys normally eat Maria?

@TheMamuchos

11 ай бұрын

@@PeterandYen in Spain we have 5 meals. Breakfast at 8-9 am, mid morning snack at 11, 12pm, (sometimes we have aperitivo: a couple of small tapas before lunch, at around 1:30-2 pm) lunch at 3pm, mid afternoon snack at 6-7pm and dinner 9-10pm I think Spain has the latest hours 😂 you can see people in restaurants finishing dinner by 11:30pm. It took me a while to get Lieles accustomed to that 😂 sometimes I make lunch at 1 or so, so he can be happy 😂

@PeterandYen

11 ай бұрын

So many meals so many hours 😂😂😂 Spain sounds like a great place for food lovers.

@TheMamuchos

11 ай бұрын

@@PeterandYen 😂😂 Lieles says we only eat and spend time outside 😂 he still doesn't know how we run the country... honestly most of don't either 😂

@PeterandYen

10 ай бұрын

😂 yall just living your best lives as a country

I wonder why they built these monuments where they did?? Obviously for the views etc but was there more to it?! Thanks for sharing! You are such a lovely couple and I can see your passion for where you explore

@PeterandYen

11 ай бұрын

That's very kind of you thank you! Great question! We were wondering the same too but I guess it's mostly for the views and vantage points in case of any attacks 🤔

Wow, my youngest was in Athens last week, spent a few days in Milos and then on to Bratislava.

@PeterandYen

11 ай бұрын

That's really cool! Have they been sending you lots of photos and videos of their trip? 😃

@davidbeazley1958

11 ай бұрын

@@PeterandYen mostly cats... Lol. 🙄😉

@PeterandYen

11 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

HI AUS that enjoys your videos. Did similar trip a few months ago. If you have 2 spare days. 1- sail Saroinic Gulf; 2- Train to Meteora.

@PeterandYen

11 ай бұрын

😁 thanks for the great tips! We're already back in New Zealand but we did train to meteora 👍 coming up in a future vlog. Gonna have to reserve that sailing ⛵️ for a future trip

Thank you for showing us another beautiful and historical landmark of Athen, Greece. It looks like it has fallen apart, hence why so many construction behind it. I don't know when I will get a chance to see it. Hahaha, I had nlmy fair share of mosquitoes during our caravanning Australia. One of the nights we stayed up so late just so we czn get rid of it, it won't stop buzzing around our ears. We got woken up by it, too 😅

@PeterandYen

11 ай бұрын

Hiya Tedy 👋 I think like many ruins, people are constantly trying to restore and preserve them for the next generations so unfortunately we caught it at a time with all the construction and scaffolding 😅 hope you'll get a chance to see it (and with less construction work happening!) Oh my goodness mozzies are the worst 🥲🥲🥲

@ouradventerousdays

11 ай бұрын

@PeterandYen It's good that they do that so our next generation can see it. Europe is on my list, but I am not sure when I'm able to. I wanna go to the Netherlands, Scotland, etc

I watched Ur each travel video, if you could spot the visited place on the map at the beginning of the video, that would be great. Thank u. 👍

Hey Guys, Another great video. You guys definitely looked tired. It seems like a good time in Athens. Unfortunately when we were there was a public transit strike and all our carefully laid plans were out the window. Looking forward to your next video.

@PeterandYen

11 ай бұрын

Oh nooo that's such a shame! Where were you hoping to go visit? Were you able to get there by other means in the end? Always so tricky with travel! The first time we experienced a train strike during all our travels was in Italy 😅 such an ordeal

@lmcanje

11 ай бұрын

@@PeterandYen We did. We took cabs back and forth to the Acropolis from the cruise port. That took every single Euro we had, the additional fees tacked onto the fare was pretty disappointing. It made us very careful for the rest of our time there, and with reason.

@PeterandYen

11 ай бұрын

Oh yikes that would've cost a lot! 😓 But I guess it's either that or miss it completely on that visit. The ups and downs of traveling ay. When did you guys visit?

@lmcanje

11 ай бұрын

@@PeterandYen We went in 2012, which really seems like a lifetime ago now. We went to Crete right after and before was Ephesus. We had spent time in Rome and Messina as well on that trip.

@PeterandYen

10 ай бұрын

Wow that would've been an epic trip! So many great places 😃

Seems a lot less dust up there from when I was there couple years ago. So much more enjoyable 🎉

@PeterandYen

11 ай бұрын

Oh wow it was even dustier for you? 😯 we were getting it in our eyes a fair bit whenever the wind blew which wasn't enjoyable 😅

@chriskatzer

11 ай бұрын

definitely not pleasant but the place makes all up for it @@PeterandYen

Oh boy 2.5 hours sleep and 15 down, hope you guys manage the remaining nights at that AirB&B, it's a love hate relationship. They love me but I hate them 🤣. The sandwich was one of the more expensive ones, ouch Have a great week yeah

@PeterandYen

11 ай бұрын

I think we ended up with one night in Athens with peace from the mozzies 😅😅😅 it was an onslaught each night!! Yea food isn't the cheapest in Europe but that meal did include drinks too. Too bad we were there too early to enjoy some tapas instead! Hope you have a great week too 😊 thanks for always tuning in and dropping us a comment!

Great video! Were you able to get your microphone back after they took it from you? Also are there bag checks at the Acropolis?

@PeterandYen

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! Yes we got it back all good after but the people there really didn't seem to like us taking a video of ourselves even without our mic or explaining that we were just vlogging and not journalists 😅 Don't recall there being bag checks before entering at least not when we visited.

Kiwi sandwich in ancient Greece! XD

@PeterandYen

11 ай бұрын

Hahahaha was pretty random to get a side of chips with the sandwich 🥪 🤣

@PeterandYen

11 ай бұрын

But turns out it's pretty common for cafes in the UK and UAE too!

@bookwormfaith

11 ай бұрын

@@PeterandYen Huh! New thing learnt today!

…by the way more randomness… last night was reading about difference in feet and how they are classified.. do you what makes a foot classified as a Greek foot?

@PeterandYen

11 ай бұрын

Did not even know this was a thing 😂 please enlighten

@SeoulMan2020

11 ай бұрын

@@PeterandYen I didn’t either until like 2 days ago.. Greek foot is when the second toe is longer than the the big toe and the remaining three toes are consecutively shorter.. but an aboriginal foot the second and third toe are longer than the big toe.. A Roman foot has the first three toes level and the remaining two are descending in size.. an Egyptian foot has all five toes descending in length… I think there are like 6-8 types of foot shape.. had no idea… learn random useless stuff daily 😂😂😂

@PeterandYen

11 ай бұрын

😂😂😂 I'm a Greek toe according to your info and Yens toe isn't listed. Her 2nd and 3rd toe are equal but shorter than the big toe in a descending pattern so almost Egyptian 🤔

@SeoulMan2020

11 ай бұрын

@@PeterandYen hmmm.. Yen could be a couple different ones.. maybe one called Orient.. Google “foot shapes” and a bunch of foot charts will pop up.. Egyptian foot is supposedly the most aesthetically pleasing according to some of the charts.. who knew there were so many foot shapes…now I’m curious about hands 😂😂😂

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@PeterandYen

11 ай бұрын

😁🙌

Over explaining what any educated person knows...

So much history in such a small area! I looks as if you'd a great day exploring, especially the quieter areas in the afternoon. 🏛️

@PeterandYen

11 ай бұрын

😁 we really enjoyed wandering around in Athens. It's a cool city feels special coming here considering all the stories and books we've read about it 🧠

@rob1971

11 ай бұрын

@@PeterandYen books of Greek and Roman myths were among my favourites when I was young, so that area is fascinating. I'd imagine it's not the same for youngsters these days, although I suppose lots of pop culture is based on these myths, Harry Potter for example 🧙🏻‍♂️

@PeterandYen

11 ай бұрын

So true! Kids these days have Harry 😂 never thought of it like that before. What's your favorite myth Robin?