Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Athens Greece day 16

Woke up this morning and decided on doing a bus tour the 2 days I'm here. It was a good price for 2 days and with a bus tour I don't have to walk from place to place and I won't get lost. Plus I will see a lot more this way on the bus compared to me just doing it alone and on foot. 

I caught a bus from my hostel going to city centre where one of the hop on/ hop off stops were, got on the bus and away I went. Thankfully even though it was +34 it was quite windy in the city today so that made the sightseeing a lot more bearable being outside all day. 

There are 2 lines on this bus tour, same as Barcelona had. I decided to do 1 line each day, that way I could take my time and see everything at each stop. The line I set aside for tomorrow doesn't have as many stops either so I know that whoever early I finish today I will finish even earlier the next day. 

I stopped for lunch at a little restaurant by one of the stops. Long story short I met another girl from Canada here and because we were both eating alone we joined each other for lunch and chatted about our travels. Her name was Jen, she's from Montreal and doing Greece for 12 days, she did a Europe trip for 3 months 2 years ago when she finished college as well so we had a lot to talk about. 

After my sightseeing all morning/ afternoon I finished the 1st route of the bus tour and it was about 4pm, went back to the hostel to relax for awhile because I had been out since 9 and was in need of a good break. 

I left for supper after 7 to a restaurant nearby the hostel. When I got back I sat in the common room for awhile and then headed to my room. Super weird because the 1st night I was here when I went to bed no one else was even checked into the room. There are 5 beds and I was the only one there, when I woke up there were 2 girls sleeping in the room so must have checked in while I was sleeping. But when I got back at 4 they were checked out already. So again no one in the room. 



Parliament building 






University of Athens 


It just so happened that today was grad for them! 


University library 









Top deck of the bus tour


So I stuck my head out to see something and I got slapped in the face by a tree.. Good times 



Archeological musesum 



Hondos centre


You can see the partenthon at the very top 




Hadrian's Arch 


Temple of Zeus 





Menu for supper 


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