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                                GREECE

                                Temperature 
                                        Athens :June average high is 85 and the average low is 68 F ; July 90/72
                                        Mykonos June average high is 81 and the average low is 64 F ; July 86/70
                                Currency:   Euro                                              Universal Currency Converter
                                                  1 Euro = 1.31 US Dollar                   1 Dollar =  0.76 Euro (2/25/12)
                                Time:       EEST (UTC/GMT+2)   +3  Eastern European Summer Time  adjusted for daylight savings- for reference London is UTC/Greenwich Mean Time  - 2 hrs ahead of UK, 1 hr ahead of Spain
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                                Day 7 (Friday -Athens) and 9 (Sunday - Mykonos) of the Cruise

                                Athens - below are the various neighborhood an their attractions
                                     Acropolis / Makrigianni
                                            
                                Acropolis - UNESCO site
                                                      Full: €12; childen under 19 are free
                                            Parthenon
                                            Old Temple of Athena
                                            Theatre of Herodes Atticus
                                            Acropolis Museum - 300 meters from the Acropolis
                                                    - closed Mon, Hrs: 8a-8p
                                     Grand Promenade
                                              - pedestrian only boulevard, skirts the Acropolis, cuts through many neighborhoods
                                              - take from Thissio station/square to Hadrian's Arch
                                             - street name changes from Apostolou Pavlou to Dionysiou Areopagitou

                                     Monastiraki
                                                Agora Market

                                     Synatagma - Central square of Athens
                                               Hadrian's Arch        
                                   
                                              Temple of the Olympian Zeus

                                               Kallimarmaro Roman Satdium
                                   Thissio - close to the Acropolis
                                              Archaeological Museum
                                       

                                    Plaka 
                                               Benaki Museum

                                    Cape Sounion
                                                Temple of Poseidon

                                Additional info
                                www.tomsportguides.com/Athens-08-12-2011.pdf

                                Mykonos
                                     Hora - main town

                                     Monastery



                                Heraklion
                                    - largest city in Crete, and 4th largest in Greece


                                     Palace of Knossos

                                     Gournia

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