[Written a week after we got home]
We disembarked from the cruise ship at about 7.30am while the queues built for the next cruise which departed at 11am. They don't waste any time!
We had a frustrating hour long wait for our transport to our hotel to find the other family they were transporting. The dude didn't read the details on his instructions and had to go to the other terminal to find them all waiting. If I hadn't vented my frustration we might still be there waiting for the family that would never appear.
We unloaded into our hotel room and went on another exploratory walking tour - 1st on the list was climbing up to the Acropolis. It was very hot but once we got to the top there was a breeze and the view of the Acropolis and the surrounding city was spectacular.
We loved exploring it and photographing the things that facinated us.
After this we walked down to the town and browsed before finding a place to eat for lunch. There we met an Aussie couple and they wanted to go to the food markets. We joined forces and navigated our way. This was great as we got to see "real Athens" life in the city.
The market was mostly meat with a fish section. It was now 2pm I guess and the whiff from the fish area was enough to make me sick. I enjoyed the meat section and took a few photos there. Jan said it was enough to put her right off meat! From there we explored some street markets and felt like we'd found more of the real Athens.
We had dinner in a more expensive outside restaurant that we'd seen on our night here before the cruise. It was well worth it and a worthy last night celebration of our holiday.
Next day we had time to explore the new [2 year old] museum dedicated to the Acropolis. It was stunning, architecturally and of course the contents.
At lunch time we taxied to the airport, flew 4 hours to Dubai where our ticket included overnight accommodation. A huge room in a hotel by the airport which seemed to be dedicated to Emirates flight overnighters. It was 40 degrees outside, like walking into a sauna. Fortunately everywhere we went, which was just the hotel, transport and the airport were well air conditioned and quite cool actually.
Bye Europe, hello New Zealand! We were really looking forward to seeing the boys. Jeremy had arrived back from 2 weeks in Argentina the day after we left so we hadn't been with him for 5 weeks. He picked us up from the airport and we caught up with Mark and Pat when they go home from school and uni.
Photos from Athens...
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