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+---
+title: "Ελλάς"
+date: 2022-08-11T08:19:08-07:00
+draft: true
+tags: ["Travel", "Greece"]
+---
+
+After being in [London]({{< ref "blog/2022/08/london" >}}) for a week, {{< tess >}} and I took a flight to Greece for a
+week of vacation.
+
+## Αθήνα
+
+Our first stop was Athens for a couple of days. We stayed in a cute little hotel in the Κεραμεικός neighborhood. I
+learned later that it's called that because it's the historical pottery quarter of Athens!
+
+We took a walk through the nearby neighborhoods to Πλατεία Συντάγματος, the square in front of the Hellenic Parliament,
+and the Εθνικός Κήπος (National Gardens) next door.
+
+The next day was our one big day in Athens so we wanted to get an early start. We managed to fall asleep without setting our alarms though, and along with some *exceptional* blackout shades, we didn't wake up until almost noon!
+
+Despite getting a late start, we had a great day of sightseeing. We explored the Library of Hadrian, the αρχαία αγορά (Ancient Agora), and the Acropolis. It's truly stunning how old so many of these buildings are. Athens was a bustling Roman city, and the remains of the Greeks were ancient even then! Coming from London, it was also abundantly clear how
+
+On our last night, we met up Lea, Chris, and their kiddo Zoe, for dinner at  in an outlying neighborhood of Athens.
+
+## Δελφοί
+
+## Σκάλα Ερεσού, Λεσβος
+
+## Home Again
+
+Getting home again was thankfully pretty painless. We took flew back to Athens the night before our flight to London,
+staying overnight in an airport hotel. Twelve hours on a plane from London to San Francisco brought us home again. I
+still find myself wanting to say "γεια σας" to waitstaff and store clerks, but the [kitties]({{< ref "/cats" >}}) are
+glad to have us back.
+
+Tess [wrote about our trip to Greece][tess-greece] too.
+
+[tess-greece]: https://tess.oconnor.cx/2022/08/greece

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+---
+title: "London"
+date: 2022-08-11T08:16:16-07:00
+draft: true
+tags: ["Travel", "England"]
+---
+
+In late July, I traveled with {{< tess >}} to London. I was tagging along on a work trip of hers, and it was the first
+time I had traveled abroad since 2015.
+
+We landed in London on Saturday. We stayed in a hotel facing Russell Square that turned out to be a great location for all of the things we wanted to do. It happened to be only a couple blocks from [Gay's The Word][gay], one of the only if not *the* only LGBTQIA+ bookshops in London.
+
+## The British Museum
+
+## Bletchley Park
+
+## Greenwich
+
+## Moving On
+
+After a week in London, we went to [Greece]({{< ref "blog/2022/08/hellas" >}}). It was the second week of vacation for
+me, and a full week of vacation for her.
+
+Tess [wrote about our trip to London][tess-london] too.
+
+[gay]: https://www.gaystheword.co.uk
+[tess-london]: https://tess.oconnor.cx/2022/07/london