Long Day Waiting… Finally Athens

Today we farewelled beautiful Trogir with brunch on the promenade before making our way to the airport for our quick flight to Athens. If only we knew we would be spending the next five plus hours waiting for our plane that was delayed numerous times. Eventually at the end of a long day waiting we finally made it to Athens, our base for the next five nights.

Eager to see if Athens had changed much since we were last here in 2018 and feeling a bit hungry we dropped off our bags and hit the streets. At 9.30 at night we did not expect to see so many people just heading out for dinner. Athens is bustling, more than last time, but it is also grittier and sadly graffiti now covers most buildings. There also appears to be a real issue with drugs and alcohol wi the lots of people loitering in the streets and this is the first time I have felt a bit unsafe.

Eager for my first gyros we found a place in the main square to have a quick bite before calling it a night. I don’t think we have ever had dinner at 10.30pm. It was worth it though. Only the Greek know how to make a good gyros.Read more