Ancient Athens

Essentially just a stop over on the way to the Greek Isles, Athens was a lot nicer than expected. Despite arriving at 1AM and sleeping on the roof as our booking had disappeared, the city impressed us in the short time we had there. A few nights with their liquid obsession (Ouzo) and a day at the Acropolis made for a pretty enjoyable time. The acropolis is definitely worth a visit, just not in August when it sits around forty degrees. Being the most important and most impressive ancient Greek archaeological site it also suffers from overcrowding. Getting a photo without 14 German tourists in their sandals and walking sticks in it is considerably difficult. Having been off the backpacker trail for a while it was great to meet a few Aussies and Kiwi’s on their way around the world. The hostel, while not in the best location, is run by great people and it’s intimate bar is a nice place to meet people.

Stayed: Aphrodite hostel. Great place, would go back
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