Phase 2 - Greece

So I am in Athens now with Katherine. We got here last night after meeting up in the London Gatwick airport. Last night consisted of a taxi from the airport because public transit was not running, dinner at "God's Restaurant" which was very yummy traditional Greek food but a little pricey. Then we headed to the rooftop bar at our hostel which had amazing views of the acropolis but was closing followed by the other pub near out hostel which was having a karaoke night. Kath went up and sang it's raining men which was fabulous of course. We stayed there till it closed at midnight and then headed to bed for the night.

After one of the rougher nights I've had in a hostel complete with opening doors and snoring, we woke up to catch our free breakfast followed by a 2.5 hour walking tour around the main sights of Athens. It was a great introduction to get us orientated to the city a little bit. After the tour we headed for a closer look at the Acropolis and the Parthenon. It was amazing to see it in person! Then we headed to the ancient agora which the marketplace and social hubbub of the city in ancient times. After that we ventured thru the Athens flea market full of little shops. It was lovely until it started to rain and so we headed back to the hostel where kath is now taking a nap. She is jet lagged afterall and we've just spent 6 hours walking around the city. Tonight we need to make some plans for tomorrow and decide what island we want to go to. Should be great.

We got some sun today and the weather is set to be hotter than elsewhere in Europe. Yay!

Enjoy the sunshine