So now that that is settled, let me dive right into Athens! The trip began at 8 am in the Florence airport, where shock! we had a delay flying into Frankfurt. Thankfully it was only 20ish minutes this time, and it didn't force us to miss our connection! We made it there all in one piece and even had a little time to kill in the franfurt airport, where Lufthansa luckily gives out free coffee and hot chocolate! Two hours later we were on our way to Athens. The flight to Athens was absolutely god awful. I usually don't mind flying at all, but this flight gave me the worst case of vertigo I have ever had. I couldn't stomach the lunch, had to sit with the air blowing directly on me, with my eyes shut in order to not puke all over my neighbor or pass out in the middle of the aisle. I think it was because of the nasty cold I was about to get, but it was horrible. After we were safely on the ground and I was feeling much better, we began the hour long bus ride to the city. It was an easy bus ride and a super cheap means of transportation. We even managed to make it to our apartments in one piece.. the trip was off to a pretty good start! We were starving by the time we got there, so we set out to find our first of mannnnny gyros. Seriously, I thought Niko's gyros were one in a million, but Greece has got the real deal for sure. We headed back to the apartments to meet up with some friends who were also stayng in Athens before they headed off to Crete, and managed to use the Apples to Apples set we made for the first time of many.
We were up and ready to go the next morning bright and early because we really only had 24 hours to do Athens, which means you go go go. We went on a walking tour of the city and managed to hit the important parts right off the bat. It was the most perfect day for a walking tour since it was 65 and sunny. We were flipp flopped out, it was like we had never seen the sun before. Two hours later the tour finally made it to the Acropolis, where we split off in order to go properly see it. It is serrrriously and amazing place and such a cool thing to see. We basked in its glory and the amazing sunshine! The next stop was the Plaka, which is Athens famous shopping area... which was short lived when we all realized that we just all needed a nice Starbucsks... nothing better than a little refueling! Afterwords, my friend Morgan and I broke off in search of Gap... which didn't believe in sales... sooo that blew. Afterwords we made it back to the apartment and were off towards a place to watch the sunset... so needless to say we scaled a mountain and watched the florious sunset over Athens.. heaven! That was followed by a quick gyro and greek salad before an early night! We had a 7 am ferry to Santorini and there was no way we were missing that!
So there it is... Athens in a day... it can be done! Here's a little glimpse to tide you over till I can snag tons of pics from my friends since my camera is barely working!
Music Guide: "As Fast As I Could" by Josh Turner
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