Athens

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 Arrived in Athens Thursday early evening. Found our apartments and arranged to meet up with Gae and Maurice, Megan, Alex and children Ruby and Joe for dinner. Ruby and Joe coped well with the 11.30 pm finish to the evening. We ate at Plaki meze on old market square. Kalogrioni 6 Plaka.



Went to the 11 am changing of the guard up by parliament on Friday morning, impressive, then Erin and Brian did a hop on hop off bus tour while we reacquainted ourselves with the neighbourhood. Gae, Maurice, Erin and Brian met up at our apartment for pre dinner drinks before we headed up to Platanos taverna for dinner.



Early start on Saturday morning. Gae Maurice Erin and Brian did a 12 hour bus trip to Mycenae.  Steve and I went up to the Acropolis and Parthenon at 8 am to beat the heat and the crowds. By 9 am it was fairly crowded so we were pleased we had got up early.






With the heat we are showering and washing clothes twice a day but they all dry in about 2 hours.

Vouliagmeni Lake our lunch stop on our afternoon Riviera bus tour.




An expensive lunch but enjoyed watching the people at the lakeside.

Very nice Pizzas for dinner tonight at La Pizzeta.



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