Monday, May 9, 2016

Been here six hours and haven't seen a ruin!

When we decided to come to Athens we picked our hotel the way others might - at random and online. Using the filters on the internet site - we will not name it because they haven't paid us to say it, we start off with a three star breakfast included and look at all the pics and the reviews. Must say it has worked for us no dogs yet and this hotel doesn't appear to be one either. But it is quirky. Two elevators are in the lobby and are used to get to all seven floors, BUT they are mighty small - no claustrophobics need ride these puppies. I am sure one of them may have been used in the Chilean Mine Disaster a few years back. They work and we used them.

The hotel is positioned around one of the many squares (roundabouts) that funnel traffic in and out of the City streets. On the sixth floor we have a birds eye view. Walking around the neighbourhood for an hour or so this afternoon, we noticed a couple of things. One the neighbourhood is efficient but working class, most people speak good English and we could get anything we wanted - the bottle of wine went down very well and only seven euros. Also food prices tend to be a bit more expensive than first thought but one can find two euro coffees and two and half euro beer. One euro is roughly one and a half times a dollar - easy conversion.

Tomorrow we explore the City with the Hopon Hopoff buses.

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