Day 24 - 03 October 2016
Not much for today other than THIS HEAT IS GOING TO KILL ME!
Yesterday I decided that I wasn't going to take the 07:00 bus to Athens. Instead, I slept a bit later and took the 09:00 bus. Booked out (€110.00 for two nights). The ticket to Athens only cost €12.40. Public transport really is cheap. I was in Athens by 11:30. Before even coming on this trip, I had decided that I would take a cab to the hotel. Best decision ever! It only cost me €7.40 from KTEL Kifisou to my hotel, the Acropolis View Hotel. The traffic was the stuff of nightmares and there were people everywhere. It was also 33° in the shade. He had GPS and we got to the hotel within 15 minutes.
No false advertising. You really do have a view of the Acropolis. I have a view from my room as well. They also have a rooftop terrace that one can use and it has a stunning view of the acropolis. Must take some daytime photos. Anyway, my room was not ready. Booking in only starts at 14:00. I left my suitcase with a whole lot of other people's and went out. I wanted to use this opportunity to explore my surroundings. I walked around the entire acropolis base and that took about an hour 50 minutes. I bought fruit and sat in the shade and had that for lunch. Did I mention how hot it was?
People were basically grabbing a shady spot and staying put. I went back to the hotel and booked in. I'm on the third floor and there is a lift. My room is fine. I had a shower because I was sopping wet from sweating. No individual aircon 😡. Luckily the room is on the shady side so it was relatively cool. Didn't move until 17:00. I just didn't feel too good. Times a wasting so I got up and went out. I found the closest metro stop 'Acropoli' and bought a five day ticket for €9.00. It's valid for the metro, tram and bus. Good value as I will be using it every day. I was peckish so I bought a cheese and tomato baguette. Oh the mistakes one makes. I was stuffed and ended up having an ice cream for dinner. 3 scoops for €2.50. Damn good value as the ice cream really was good. The Budapest Gypsy Orchestra was playing a selection of classical works in the Odeon of Herodis Atticus which I could hear clearly. They played until 23:00 and once they were done, it was off to bed.
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