Hotel Marilena Athens
1 Spartis, Pl. Amerikis Athens, Attica, 112 52, Greece
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Bang, Bang, Take That Ephesus
The captain of the Mariner allowed his prisoners to escape in Piraeus first thing Sunday morning. Piraeus is the port city for Athens, about 10 kilometres inland. We had not booked a tour, we knew instinctively that we would make our own way to the Acropolis – even though we didn't really know where it was, what it looked like (kinda) or how to get there. Most of the passengers disembarked the ship and flooded into busses like drowning ...
Cruising day to Athens
Very quiet day today – in addition to no stops, I have developed a sore throat and cold – so not my normal sparky self.
We just lay around the pool, did crosswords and did some reading.
For our evening meal, we were with our new American friends again – some lively discussion about the world economy, US politics etc.
The Showtime event was superb – Rafael and Monika, Europe's premier ...
So much to see, so little time
... at sleeping homeless people (maybe not AT,
but defo near). Gabi's feet started to burn on the walk... to be
cont.We arrive at hotel
Aristotele and check in. Twin room.... Grrrrrrrrr. Relax, shower,
sleep.
After a LONG sleep
we woke up at 14:10, Aircon working a dream. We got sorted and headed
out to explore...We found our route
into Athens, bought water and food but NO humous!! Ate in the
National Garden having walked past the National ...
Day in Athens / Istanbul
... ready to be prepared. We got two free Mythos, stuffed peppers/tomatoes, and a different kind of slow cooked lamb. All were very good- fitting for our last meal in Greece.
By then we were so hot and sweaty that we decided to start heading towards our hotel to get our bags and go to the airport. Walked through the Plaka, through the main park which was a bit dirty and dusty (the national park-adjacent to dusty park- is supposedly quite nice, but it was ...
Athens is Old... and Overratted
... go after if we were thieves. Top picks were a couple carefully examining a map in the middle of the street, a guy with a backpack slightly open, and an elderly man with an expensive Nikon camera hanging off his neck that just looked so damn vulnerable. When we were finished with our petty childhood entertainment we hiked our way up to the acropolis.
Did I forget to mention that it was so damn hot? Well by the time we hiked up to the entrance Lilly noticed people ...
This hotel was formerly known as: Marilena



