Athens; Saturday, 14 February, 2015

At only a two hour time difference from the UK I didn’t think this was going to cause any problems, but by the time I woke up it was already too late for breakfast so instead I headed into town on a croissant from the bar and a glass of incredibly sweet orange juice.

First stop was naturally the acropolis, which I approached from the South slope, coming up through the many ruins located there. I had a long wander round the top of the acropolis site taking in the buildings and the stunning views over the city.

On leaving the Acropolis site I found myself by Areopagus hill from the top of which there are excellent views over both the ruins of the Ancient Greek market place (Agora) and the Acropolis itself.

Having taken in the views I descended down the edge of the hill and stopped for a late, but very large lunch, in a restaurant on the pedestrianized road that circuits the Acropolis site.

I had a bit of a wander through the flea market area of the city and back towards Syntagma square stopping off to have a quick look round the Cathedral, which was sadly mostly covered in scaffolding.

I headed back through the narrow lanes of the Plaka to the Acropolis Museum to have a look around that.

I spent a long time looking round the stunning museum, only opened just over a year ago, and well deserving of having all the missing bits of the Acropolis returned to it.

Having looked round the museum I headed back towards Syntagma square and picked up one of the land train tours for a quick journey round the heart of the city before heading over to Monastiraki for a bit more of a wander and then dinner.

Sated and exhausted I hopped on the metro back to the hotel and, having double checked my alarm, to bed.