It's All Greek To Me, Day 2, 02-09-2018

Our little group made it to Athens safely. Georgio took care of us and Gate 1 put us in a very nice hotel. The Hotel Stanley. We met Harry and Amanda for breakfast around 10:15 and then our day started. We took the Metro to Syntagma Square. (Also called Constituiton Square).

We met our tour guide at the National History Museum and began a 2 1/2 hour walking tour of Athens. We visited the Acropolis, the Roman Agora, the PNYX, the Acropolis museum, and Parliament. The walking tour is a free tour, open to the public, and was informative in nature. I can say that I truly regret all the day dreams I had in high school when I was in history classes and just was not paying any attention. I just did not know when I was growing up tn Huxford, and Atmore, Alabama that I would ever be walking through history. Our guide, Michael, was born in Greece and studied history at the University of South Carolina. He stayed in the US for 8 years before returning to Greece. A great guide, a great tour.

After our tour we had lunch at a hole in the wall family owned Greek restaurant near the Acropolis museum. My college roommate and his wife, Terry and Mary Carter. were over here a few months ago and ate at this restaurant. Highly recommended. Constantine was our waiter and his mother, MaMa owned it. They were very friendly.

After lunch we walked through the Plaka, a shopping district. We stopped at a local restaurant and went to the terrace on top of the building for cappacino and Baklava. We enjoyed this respite with a commanding view of Athens. Afterwards the ladies went shopping in a local department store and while we were waiting, I saw a street vendor and he was selling Orchid tea. I had to try it. He said it makes healthy. Not so sure,

When we got back to the Stanley we went up to the roof top terrace, had a few a variety of appetizers and drinks and made plans for the next day. Athens, we like it.