Athens, Greece

We have been in Athens before and had an extended tour of the city. For today, I booked a free walking tour that concentrated on Greek history.

We took a bus from the port of Piraeus to the nearest metro station. From there we had to take line 1 to the meeting place. Unfortunately, the elevator did not work. Lukely, local guy helped me to take a wheelchair down. That was not the end. We could not find the right train. The woman in the ticket window told us to go up. Again, no elevator. This time local woman helped me to go up.

At this time, I did not want to deal with public transportation anymore, so we took an expensive taxi. The lesson…taxi drivers in Athens are taking advantage of tourists.

We met our guide and the group at 10:00AM and had an amazing tour for three hours. Lots of history, funny stories and inside viewpoints. The tour guide was very knowledgeable, engaging and a good actor.

We were done shortly after 1:00PM and since we were hungry, stopped for a lunch at Greek taverna.

After lunch, a little more walking and then we got on the bus towards cruise ship terminal.

We got off the bus about 1.5 miles before the terminal to walk in Piraeus. My plan was to catch a bus to get to the cruise terminal, but Boris wanted to walk the distance.

It wasn’t an easy walk, but we made it.Read more