All the way to Athens!

I will have to come back and actually write this post later, but we have made it to our hostel in Athens! I think I need a nap now.

10:00pm: after a nap and dinner, I'm feeling much better! Still exhausted, though, but that's probably because we definitely didn't get to the hostel correctly today...

We got on a bus straight out of the airport and made our way through Athens, very proud of ourselves. €10 for two bus tickets is way better than €45 for a car! Well I actually got a call while we were on the bus from the hostel manager saying that there was a car at the airport to get us... I had emailed her that we were going by bus, but anyway... it's great to add on some stress in a new situation, right? on top of that, the view of Athens coming in is kind of depressing... very run-down.  Well we got off the bus when we saw signs for Syntagma Square, our destination. Turns out we got off way too early! We tried navigating the nearby streets for 2 hours before we found out that we needed to get much farther down the road... We were using a map provided in Emery's Lonely Planet guide book, and we weren't even on the map. The next hour was walking in the right direction and then getting tired enough that we rode the metro the rest of the way. If you're planning on getting yourself to a hotel in Athens, just RIDE THE METRO. It announces the next stop. So helpful.

So anyway, we made it to the hostel (Hotel Acropolis), checked in with kind Emmanuella, and I immediately took a shower. Our hostel is in the Plaka area, which is a lot nicer and more charming.

We went on a walk and ended up at the Temple of Olympian Zeus. This is the kind of stuff we came to see! (The rest of Athens is pretty ugly...) It's €2 to get in, but we could have paid €12 for all of the Acropolis area access. We're planning on doing the rest tomorrow and thought we might want to pay for a tour... We may do an open air bus tour (city sightseeing), as long as we can spend as much time at the things as we want and just get on the next bus. Having someone determine my route for me sounds nice!

We had dinner outside at Oasis cafe. We split a Greek salad and Greek spaghetti. I liked it, but I told Emery I won't be changing my order at Mythos!

We're planning on going back out later to find dessert :)

Thanks for following along!

Pictures below are at the Temple of Olympian Zeus. The third one has the Acropolis in the background. The forth is an example of the view in Athens... not very cute.