Athens Airport - en route to Naples

An exhausting day - train from Luxor to Cairo, a five hour wait for plane to Athens, then Athen flight to Naples, arriving to our hotel very close to the Piazza Garibaldi. Fortunately, they let us check in early, then we went exploring.

It was delightful to be in much cooler weather - it was about 22 degrees (bliss!).

We wandered around the cobbled streets, and frankly did not feel unsafe at all - after Cairo, it is practically Switzerland!

We were very tired, and footsore, so we decided to retire for pizza and beer at a local restaurant on the piazza, and then we crashed for the night, for a well deserved 12 kip.Read more