City Plaza Athens

... and language skills while in the city
~Touring with Sia the Temple of Zeus's 16 huge columns (there once were 104)
~Learning much about the history (and art) of Greece’s Cyclades (chain of islands) via the very modern Cycladic Museum
~Shopping with Sia for food for breakfast, lunch and dinner at the local supermarket and cooking in a real kitchen (for the 1st time in a long time) a Greek dinner of Spanokopita, Tzatziki and Greek salad
Athens, Greece texaspeyton

... I see them looking at them but going on eating them.

We should deny having things of bad quality brought to us in the first place, and either leave or wait for another dish to come. Probably this couple had no idea what they should have done!!!



I have also been helpful to couples who were trying to take pictures of each other. Because I ...

... and when they offer help (free of charge) its best if you take advantage of it. Luckily for us, our new friend Ahmed was one of these genuine helpful-souls and within 30 minutes we had disembarked from our bus (and after an adventure on the Cairo metro) we were showered and ready for a quick local meal. We spent the night eating cheap local eats at a restaurant that serves one, and only one amazing dish. Koshery ...

... such amount because of this and that! Welcome to Greece he kept saying. ********, I thought. Now we're relaxing with another couchsurfer host, Dimitris. Just been crying about Sonny Bill going to rugby but I'm getting over it. And, I hope the ABs play a lot better this weekend. The Warriors to make the eight. Just bought tickets to the Rugby League World Cup hoping to see a Kiwis win. Always an optimist. Might have been good to have SBW there. Oh well. Move on, move on...

... comfort. We arrived around 10:30 and relaxed and checked the internet and took a little rest before going to check in and dispose of our bags. They couldn't find us in the computer at first and I was nervous that we wouldn't get seats together, but eventually the supervisor came and we got out boarding passes seated together. We went through security and got to our gate where we waited and slept. The flight was uneventful, and we basically slept the whole time.

... your hazard lights. After returning the car we hopped on the metro (train) into Athens city to our backpackers accommodation, had a few drinks in the bar, went out to dinner (escorted by the hostels dog "sniffer") and walked a little to view the Acropolis at night. Now back at hostel everyone gone to bed and I am getting kicked off the Internet so got to go. Tomorrow tour of Athens planned then evening flight to Rome. Will blog more in Rome. Good night.

... cold at that.....) so both of us feeling really ugghhh by now..... cleaned up and went to find dinner..... then crashed out... next morning....brekkie and a walking tour of the city... went to all the temples and the patheon, acropolyse, watched the changing of the guards and well saw all there really is to see of athens.... not the prettiest city but defo worth the history lesson...... had a **** guide though so we had to basically ...

... it's too late now. I was a bit put off by all of the scaffolding covering the Parthenon...only one side was truly visible. The feeling of being in such an ancient place is so indescribable...you feel connected to the past in such an odd way. Due to the Greek buses running like they do (not unlike Italy), I missed my initial ferry back to Italy and had to stay in Patras overnight, not bad. I'll make it to Greece again sometime, I need to see more of the islands...a lot more.

... tomato pilaf. At the end of the meal, our server said, "I will bring you dessert." We took this to mean he was offering a complimentary dessert, but we later saw that he charged us. We paid the bill since it was under €30, but didn't tip. It was a disappointing end to a good meal. Besides a few brochures, all of the tourist information was in German. But the lady at the reception was helpful and provided us the information we needed about getting ...

AHhhhhhhhhhh......another fine day in Greece! Today we went to the most famous museum in Greece and it was awesome! There are historical artifacts that date back to 5800 BC in the museum. Neither of us had much interest in the pottery or fine arts sections (Zzzzzz) so we spent most of our ...