Saturday, we awoke to a lazy morning, hardest thing was to find out the AFL Grand final Score, giving up on Greek, CNN & BBC TV & finally resorting to www.afl.com.au to learn Sydney lost by one point. After a leisurely start we wandered down to the Mykonos town again, daring to re-enter the maze, found a restaurant for lunch .. too many restaurants to chose from … eventually we sat down to a simple meal…then we wandered back to the hotel for an afternoon by the pool… and yes another Lemon, Lime & Bitters (since we had trained the barman). What is becoming the “norm” for us – we had an interesting trip to Athens…
- our coach from the hotel to the airport forgot to pick us up, and had to come back for us; the hotel was only 7 minutes from the airport, so was not a bit deal, just angst.
- the Olympic Airlines plane was only a 50 seater propeller plane, a new experience for Liz – travelling in a small plane, the trip was smooth (noisy) and quick.
- the taxi trip from the airport to central Athens, last week cost €48 (AUD$80) travelling at 160kph, ….. this time only cost €25 (AUD$42) travelling at 120kph. The signs at the airport indicate a typical taxi trip to the city should be €35 ??
- upon arriving at our central Athens boutique hotel, we were informed there was a problem with our room, and it had not been fixed, hence as they were booked out, they had arranged for us to be transferred to another 5 star hotel, and they would pay for the taxi ride.
Whilst our new hotel, the Metropolitan is quite nice (typical large 5 star hotel), it is 2 kms out of town, near the bay, hence we lost our advantage of being able to go for a walk thru the central city streets, where all the night action is, and also walking to the Acropolis tomorrow…
