Day 1 Athens

After arriving from the Athens airport from our long flight from Melbourne we had a bit of a difficult time getting the key to our room…. Fortunately there were some other patrons from the hotel who were able to let us in and find our way to the room…

The nights sleep was welcomed after the long journey and I was up at around 7.00 am to look for a coffee shop… fortunately the district we were located had plenty of eating options.

After coffee Robyn and I went to a cafe for breakfast ahead of going on a hop on and off bus trip around inner Athens.

The weather was quite warm with temperatures in the high 20’s rising to 31 in the afternoon! Better than cold Melbourne!

The bus trip took us along the key tourist attractions including the Acropolis area, Olympic Stadium, parliament building etc.

We stopped at the Hando shopping mall and had a lemoncello cocktail at the rooftop restaurant which was quite good. After a bit of shopping we made our way to the Olympic Stadium which was quite spectacular! This is the restored original stadium which was used in ancient times. The history of the place was very interesting.

It was quite hot now and getting quite late so we headed back on the bus towards our hotel to have a shower ahead of dinner. Along the way we spotted a number of rooftop bars and restaurants which were open and after freshening up we returned to them for a drink and dinner…. Quite spectacular with a view of the Acropolis as the sunset took place. Dinner was lovely and feeling tired we were in bed by about 9.00 pm!

A great first day!