Athens

After the ferry arrived in Patra, we found we had three hours to wait before the next train to Athens. Patra was a very busy spot with not much to look at. We walked up a hill and set of stairs to an old fort. It was closed, but they let us in for a quick look around. Which was all we really needed because there was not a lot there, but it did have a good view of the port.

And a few orange trees.

What we thought was a train to Athens, turned out to be a two car ancient train to a bus to a new rail line. We had no idea what was going on, but we made it to our hostel. Our hostel is very close to the Acropolis, which they light up at night.

The next morning we went to the main attraction, the Acropolis. A very old set of ruins of temples on top of a rocky hill.

It was spectacular except for the scaffolding everywhere. They are doing major restoration work so most of the sight was covered with scaffolding.

 

Nevertheless, the view of Athens was amazing (urban sprawl at its best) and it was cool to walk around such an old and significant place.


At the base of Acropolis are two theatres, one of which is still used today.

We spent the rest of the day wondering around the city. It is pretty warm here (summer temperatures for us) so walking around is great.

Today, we visited four other ruin sights. The Temple of Olympian Zeus was the best.

 

 

It was another warm day so we spent the rest of the day wandering around and stocking up on food for our trip to the island of Santorini. The ferry leaves at 7:30 tomorrow but we have a bit of a trip to get to the port and no one can really tell us if there is construction on the subway line (we think there is). So it is going to be an early morning.