G&B: 2014: Athens

Geoff Brock & Bruce Gamble

Athens (Day 2)
Sightseeing with Maureen & Kiki


	Wednesday 24th September 2014

Our friends Maureen and Kiki arrived at our hotel promptly at 10.00 am, as arranged.
We decided that we needed to take some photos from our balcony, with the Greek parliament building in the background.

Afterwards, we set off on our personalised tour of the city, expertly led by two ladies who know it well!

The first of many seemingly ownerless dogs, which we were to see all over Greece and Turkey.

Maureen and Kiki took us to the roof terrace of a hotel they know in the Plaka, from where we got some really good views of the acropolis.

The Church of Panagia Kapnikarea is a Greek Orthodox church and is one of the oldest churches in Athens

We spent time exploring the markets and found them very interesting.

We walked towards Monastiraki, which is a flea market neighbourhood in the old town and is home to many clothing and souvenir shops.

We took a break at a cafe on Monastiraki Square and planned the next stage of our walk.

Hadrian's Library

For some reason, we didn't take many photos during the next hour or two. Perhaps we were too absorbed in looking at all the shops, but Bruce did like this little doggy, which was clearly owned and loved!

After stopping for a good lunch, we walked Maureen and Kiki back to their hotel and then went back to ours for a rest.

Later that afternoon, we set off again for another walk. We weren't planning to go anywhere in particular, but found ourselves gravitating towards the acropolis and ended up walking around the base of it.

A view of the ancient agora of Athens

We found a really good spot to get this view of the acropolis

A couple of hours later, we were back at Syntagma Square.

That evening, we met up with the ladies again for a meal at our hotel's wonderful roof garden restaurant.

We timed it just right and were treated to a wonderful sunset as we enjoyed our starters.
Geoff's starter looked very colourful - it was a ceviche trilogy with sea bass, salmon and shrimp, yuzu sorbet and thyme honey.