Last Day

A lazy morning spent enjoying our Greek breakfast. We have decided Greek yoghurt is 'the best'. When we eventually decided to venture out we walked to the free bus at the cultural centre. There was some disruption with the 040 bus on the road in and the free bus took a different route.

We decided to grab a few items for lunch at Lidl and carried them with us on our journey to the centre. The free bus was great and it travelled fast with very little stops. We jumped off at a park and had a short walk through the pretty gardens. Next we went to the Parliament building to witness a very strange goose step, tango and waltz kinda thing by the two soldiers outside. It was getting hot so we took refuge in a chocolate shop. We chose to exit through a different door which led us into the foyer of the Grande Bretagne, a rather exclusive hotel.

We then headed to Plaka, a pretty pedestrianised area, past the Roman Agora and The Bath House of the Winds, all in the foothills of the Acropolis. We took a different route back to the main square and came across Athens Cathedral.  A very grand building with extremely ornate decoration inside.

Next we headed to an area called Exarhia.  There is a lot of political history in this area, which used to house the main university and possibly the most graffiti we have ever seen.  There were many little side streets with coffee shops full of students.  The drink of choice for most was what sounded like a 'freddo' which is an iced, sweet, frothy expresso. After sampling a freddo we headed to catch the free bus, via a road full of many ornate buildings and back we went to the cultural centre.  There was a concert in the park so we took a quick look.

Back at our accommodation we had a bite to eat, packed up our bags and at midnight headed to catch the tram to take us to the bus for the airport, ready for our flight in the morning.  Once safely at Athens airport we found some comfy chairs and managed to get a couple of hours sleep. Next stop France!