Hopping off the ship we had to wait for those bound for
hospital to walk or more accurately hobble ardistance from Athens. We saw a warship docked next to us that I assumed
was THE Greek Navy until someone pointed out that it has red kangaroos on
it. It was the HMAS Supply (or Success)
depending on who you listened to. What
are the chances!
Our Greek guide was Irene, of whom one of our
ignorant companions claimed wasn’t a Greek name. Fool. The
Greeks had a civilization while we Anglo-Saxons were sitting around in huts –
nice huts though. We saw the Acropolis
which was WOW!! and stunning views over Athens.
It was crowded but not too bad once we got to the top. There was a lot of uphill stuff (of course)
and we had a number of cripples with us (again). People seem to ignore the warnings provided
by the cruise company. We went to the
new Acropolis museum which was very good and even though we were there for 60
minutes we were rushed through. We
didn’t even get to visit the bookshop! It was an excellently designed building with
fantastic views of the Acropolis. We had a whistle top tour of the city. A bit of graffiti around but you get that
anywhere and some of it is obviously politically motivated. I have taken some photos so Patra can
interpret. So little time and so much to
see.
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