Athens 17/04/2014

We docked at 0730 today.  Weather wasn't particularly friendly - cold, windy and threatening to rain.
Lesley stayed indoors today as she is still trying to shake a bug.  Judy and I took the 'Hop On Hop Off' bus for a tour around Athens.  As we've targeted specific sites in the previous visits, we thought it best to just take it easy and get around the city a bit.  Had lunch in a small restaurant in the Plaka which is the old city centre of Athens.  We saw beef burger on the menu so thought yeah that'd be nice.  There must be an unwritten rule (that we abide by) that says a burger comprises of food on a bread roll.
This beef burger consisted of a plate with rissoles, lettuce, tomato and chips - no bread roll to be seen!!  Anyway, it was nice - just an interesting observation.
When you are walking the streets of Athens, you become numb with the presence of such iconic structures as the Parthenon when the Acropolis, it seems, is visible on most street corners.

I think the day never really reached any more than 15 degrees so it was pretty chilly in the top of the open bus and with a couple of short showers, it was a miserable day.
We boarded at around 1500 and departed about 1630 - a bit later than intended.