We caught a train to Rome and because we have been before we didn’t stop but we had a couple of hours to spare so we took in the colleseum and the trevi fountain again….both were predictably impressive and busy (of course). Anyway we eventually got our flight to Athens and arrived late. By the time we located the hotel it was almost one so we crashed out waiting to see what the morning would bring.
Breakfast on the roof terrace with a view of the acropolis was fantastic, we later returned and had a bottle of wine whilst watching the sun go down but before all that we had some sightseeing to do.
The acropolis didn’t at first have the awe inspiring impact I thought it would but as te day wore on and it was still visable seemingly wherever we went I realized how lucky we had been to see it before the hoards of cruise ship passengers that descend on it later each morning.
The roman Agora and the temple of Zeus also impressed and generally Athens felt like a really nice city….certainly exceeding our (perhaps misguided) expectations.
Breakfast on the roof terrace with a view of the acropolis was fantastic, we later returned and had a bottle of wine whilst watching the sun go down but before all that we had some sightseeing to do.
The acropolis didn’t at first have the awe inspiring impact I thought it would but as te day wore on and it was still visable seemingly wherever we went I realized how lucky we had been to see it before the hoards of cruise ship passengers that descend on it later each morning.
The roman Agora and the temple of Zeus also impressed and generally Athens felt like a really nice city….certainly exceeding our (perhaps misguided) expectations.
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