We had a pretty smooth journey over, despite Southern Trains’ best efforts to make us miss our flight from Gatwick, only to arrive to rain as we got off the plane. Definitely not what we signed up for! The small hotel we have is in the Plaka district, close to the Acropolis and the action is fabulous, and a snip at €80 a night. One short flight of stairs from our room gets you to the roof terrace, and from there, this is the view, by night
And by day
Today has been the usual touristy things, naturally the Acropolis, this is fairly obviously the Parthenon
and this is the Erichtheion
This is the Odeon, which is a little more atmospheric than your typical counterpart back home. Last night’s performance was cancelled because of the spot of rain!
There’s another old Theatre of Dionysos, where I have the best seat in the house
We were impressed that they have facilities to get wheelchair access to the Acropolis itself, though the arrangements may not work out too well if you have a fear of heights
There’s a walk along the north slope of the hill below it, nice and peaceful and apparently where graffiti artists hang out
Next on the list was Ancient Agora, with a somewhat Parthenon-like building
A cute church
All over the place are stones and statues that have been recovered and awaiting re-siting. Lots of the statues have had their heads chopped off
Right through the middle of the site is a tube line, I hate to think what they carved up when they put that in
Finally we stopped off at the Temple of Olmpyian Zeus, another very quiet spot as everyone else seems to focus only on the Acropolis
Tonight we’re off to sample some nightlife before getting up early tomorrow, ie somewhere before 10, to pick up our rental lawnmower to head up the mainland for a few days before doing a little island hopping
