saturday 28 july
-easily got the metro from the airport to the stop for the hostel and after walking a short way the wrong way down the main road easily found the hostel.
-the air conditioning in the room was incredibly great.
-decided i had to pull myself out of the room and walk around though. had a long walk around and about the acropolis (decided not to go in) and then walked through the touristy trap of places next to it and down and around through town.
PHOTOS: http://blogographannex.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/athens-sat.html
sunday 29 july
-went on the free tour that the hostel told me about. an english guy comes to a few of the hostels and gathers people for a tour he does. george. he was a great guide. we saw A LOT of the sights and he gave a bit of information --not an overwhelming amount, but definitely good facts. We went by a lot of what i had walked by the evening before but then i had context and went in to some of the sights.
-it was really hot so we lost a few along the way but it finished in the early afternoon. some of the people on the tour - 2 australians, and a mom and daughter from the states and i went together to the museum of the acropolis together. it was nice to walk with some folks and have a bit of chat. and i got into the museum for free with my student id so that was an unexpected welcome. the museum was nice and air conditioned but small so it didn't take too long. we parted ways there.
i went to go see if i could get a ticket for the opera for that evening but the box office was closed so i went back to the hostel and hung out for awhile before i could go back when it was open. was a bit of a walk to do, but i got a ticket and then went to the corner restaurant to have a gyro. knowing it was the cheapest place and would be tasty i had a chicken one that night and a beer before walking all the way back up to go to the opera. so i saw tosca with a bunch of greeks in the ancient open air theare at the side of the acropolis. that was cool. however those rocks just keep all of the heat so it was hot. so hot.
PHOTOS: http://blogographannex.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/athens-sun.html
monday 30 july
-walked to socrate's prison and that hill. but it was so hot that it was hard to climb that hill. i had chosen that one instead of the big one which was a good choice, but didn't feel like i could do any. did drag myself across to zeus' olympian temple or whatever but couldn't handle the heat. did walk into the m&s for air con and had some frozen yogurt in attempt to be a bit cooler. so i went back and just sat around the hostel lobby. it was still hot but at least i wasn't out in the hot sun. and the tour with george had hit the other things i had wanted to see. so i just kind of had to wait it out until going to the airport. which i was going to do fairly early if for no other reason than air conditioning. but there was a guy who noticed me gathering my bags and said he was going to go just a bit later than me so i waited for him. only he was flying to rome and hadn't booked any accommodation so his 20 minutes turned into more than 45 --not that it was going to make me late or anything but i should have just gone because it wasn't like he was talkative or any real company on the metro ride or anything. oh well. it worked out fine time wise in the end.
-points to qatar airline. reminded me of emirates. definitely much better than alitalia.
PHOTOS: http://blogographannex.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/athens-mon.html
-easily got the metro from the airport to the stop for the hostel and after walking a short way the wrong way down the main road easily found the hostel.
-the air conditioning in the room was incredibly great.
-decided i had to pull myself out of the room and walk around though. had a long walk around and about the acropolis (decided not to go in) and then walked through the touristy trap of places next to it and down and around through town.
PHOTOS: http://blogographannex.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/athens-sat.html
sunday 29 july
-went on the free tour that the hostel told me about. an english guy comes to a few of the hostels and gathers people for a tour he does. george. he was a great guide. we saw A LOT of the sights and he gave a bit of information --not an overwhelming amount, but definitely good facts. We went by a lot of what i had walked by the evening before but then i had context and went in to some of the sights.
-it was really hot so we lost a few along the way but it finished in the early afternoon. some of the people on the tour - 2 australians, and a mom and daughter from the states and i went together to the museum of the acropolis together. it was nice to walk with some folks and have a bit of chat. and i got into the museum for free with my student id so that was an unexpected welcome. the museum was nice and air conditioned but small so it didn't take too long. we parted ways there.
i went to go see if i could get a ticket for the opera for that evening but the box office was closed so i went back to the hostel and hung out for awhile before i could go back when it was open. was a bit of a walk to do, but i got a ticket and then went to the corner restaurant to have a gyro. knowing it was the cheapest place and would be tasty i had a chicken one that night and a beer before walking all the way back up to go to the opera. so i saw tosca with a bunch of greeks in the ancient open air theare at the side of the acropolis. that was cool. however those rocks just keep all of the heat so it was hot. so hot.
PHOTOS: http://blogographannex.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/athens-sun.html
monday 30 july
-walked to socrate's prison and that hill. but it was so hot that it was hard to climb that hill. i had chosen that one instead of the big one which was a good choice, but didn't feel like i could do any. did drag myself across to zeus' olympian temple or whatever but couldn't handle the heat. did walk into the m&s for air con and had some frozen yogurt in attempt to be a bit cooler. so i went back and just sat around the hostel lobby. it was still hot but at least i wasn't out in the hot sun. and the tour with george had hit the other things i had wanted to see. so i just kind of had to wait it out until going to the airport. which i was going to do fairly early if for no other reason than air conditioning. but there was a guy who noticed me gathering my bags and said he was going to go just a bit later than me so i waited for him. only he was flying to rome and hadn't booked any accommodation so his 20 minutes turned into more than 45 --not that it was going to make me late or anything but i should have just gone because it wasn't like he was talkative or any real company on the metro ride or anything. oh well. it worked out fine time wise in the end.
-points to qatar airline. reminded me of emirates. definitely much better than alitalia.
PHOTOS: http://blogographannex.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/athens-mon.html
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