Athens

Wednesday 17 August 2005

Had a long sleep in then took the Metro and a bus to an outlying station to get the train to Patras. From there we caught the ferry, the Blue Star 1. We splashed out on a de-luxe cabin with a porthole for Patsy and had another great sleep. The trip on the ferry cost nothing because of the Eurorail pass but we didn't fancy sleeping on the deck with all the smokers. Hence we took the cabin. The trip alone would have cost 200 Euro with no Eurorail Pass! The cabin really was luxurious with BBC World Service on TV.



Tuesday 16 August 2005

The day was spent seeing the sights of Athens,among them the Olympic Stadium (1896), games first held here in 776BC, the Acropolis and the Temple of Zeus. We booked on the 11.55am train to Patras to leave on 17 August, this took an hour as the Patras train leaves from a different station.

The rest of the day was spent relaxing and girding up our loins for the travels to come.

1896 Olympic Games Stadium
Acropolis
Athens from the Acropolis
Parthenon
Temple of Zeus
Theatre of Dionysos