Arrival in Athens

We landed at the Munich airport basically on time.  We went through customs and I got my first stamp in my new passport!

The flight was about a half an hour late leaving.  But made up most of the time so we still landed at about 2:30pm. There was a bit of a wait to get our luggage.  But, getting through Customs was a breeze.  Another couple on the Tauck cruise was on our flight.  They live in Sacramento and retired from Locked Martin. What a small world. 

We are staying at the Grand Bretagne Hotel. By the time we got to the hotel and got our luggage, we had less than 20 minutes to change clothes for a informal walking tour of the area right near our hotel.  Six or seven couples who had arrived today were in the tour. Our Tour Director, Michael Furillo, took us on a walking tour of the area around our hotel and gave is some restaurant recommendations as well as some things to do tomorrow since the Tour doesn't officially start until 6pm tomorrow.

We decided to go to a Restaurant called Hermion. John got grilled lamb chops and fries.  I had traditional Moussaka.  Everything was very good. We were exhausted so after dinner we headed back to the hotel.  There was a peaceful protest n taking place in front of our hotel.  There we some speeches and some singing. Since we don't speak Greek, we had no idea what the protest was about.  We are planning to visit the Museum of Ancient Greek Technology. Hoping to get a good night's sleep.Read more