DOING IT GREEK STYLE

Wroclaw day 3, Athens, Greece day 1

I got up around 9 am, packed up my things. I was hungry for breakfast, but I knew it was going to be a mission finding something decent to eat out where we were. We found this sort of strip mall, but all there seemed to be were bakeries.


Anna got something to eat, but I decided to wait until I got to the airport. We walked back to the 'motel' I got my bag and we got in a taxi to the airport.

I had plenty of time so I went on the second level to get some food while Anna got some sort of frozen drink. I got some Gnocchi, one of my favorites!

Anna ended up chatting for about an hour, then I walked her to her bus stop and said goodbye. I checked in and got to my arrival gate, except my Munich flight was delayed by half an hour. I started to be concerned because my connection was tight enough as it was.

I boarded my flight to Munich and when I landed it was time for the mad dash to my gate for my flight to Athens. A bunch of us bolted across the terminal, I got to the gate panting. When I realized I made the Lufthansa flight, I was certain that there was no way my luggage was going to make it on with such a tight connection.

When I landed in Athens to my surprise my bag was sitting there on the carousel. How on earth did they manage that?! I didn't ask myself anymore questions and just focused on finding out where I needed to catch the metro to my hostel. I found it without too much of a problem, got my ticket and hopped on. So far so good!

I had a map with me so I started to follow all the stops, getting use to seeing the Greek alphabet, the people taking it all in. I was really impressed with how modern everything looked, I guess there was a huge overhaul of the transportation system when they hostel the Olympics. It took about 45 minutes to get to the centre of town, I got off at the square and was overwhelmed! I could see the Acropolis lit up right behind me, the people swirling around, the restaurants, the excavations, the music, everything was so Greek! I found my hostel easily, it was probably the quickest and easiest hostel I had found so far on my trip.

The only problem when I went to check in, they didn't have a record of me, apparently I had messed up the dates for my booking. Luckily they had a room for me to stay that night which I would have to my own, but the next they they were booked full and I had to find another place to crash. I dumped my stuff off in the room, but I was eager to see the rooftop bar with a view I had heard so much about. The view was definitely worth going up the 6 flights of stairs!

While I was taking pictures, I ended up meeting these two Americans that were cousins. We chatted up then decided to go down for dinner. I ordered chicken souflaki which was absolutely amazing! I was taking everything in, the streets were bustling, I'd finally made it to Greece! The Atmosphere reminded me a lot of Morocco.

After dinner we made plans to meet up early the next morning to go sight seeing.