Hydra to Athens

Another bright, blue day. We sat a while at breakfast, then wandered through the town looking at touristy shops and doing touristy things, like watching cats and donkeys, seeing brightly-coloured doors and windows on whitewashed walls, and climbing to the top of the hill overlooking the harbour.

Checkout was 12, but we could leave the bags as long as we wanted, so we sat by the harbour and watched people fishing and yachts coming and going.

Our ferry to Piraeus was at 3:45, and was extremely smooth. Walked to the metro station at Piraeus, and very quickly a train came and nine stops later we were in busy (with tourists, I fear) Monastiraki, which is right under the Acropolis.

The instructions for finding the B&B were good, so we admired our home for three days, then did some shopping for breakfasts and had a Gyros-Kebab style dinner on the way home. Anne and Nico stayed in this area at the beginning of 2011, so we took a photo of the bench outside the church where they used to sit to watch the people.

The B&B is in a street full of trendy restaurants. Almost literally full. They are wall-to-wall, and their tables go over the footpath and almost meet in the middle of the admittedly narrow street. Our windows are double-glazed, and it is actually extremely quiet in the unit, but we noted that earplugs are provided!

14,781 steps, 10.7km and 25 floors. Feels like cheatingRead more