We had a mostly uneventful trip from home to Athens. Those are the best kind. We were a little late getting into Amsterdam, but that worked out fine because our flight to Athens was about an hour and a half late.
Yesterday and today there have been public transportation and taxi strikes and air traffic control was still messed up from a one-day strike. Our luggage showed up quickly—not as quickly as Patricia wanted—and we were through customs and immigration in no time at all. It was about a 45-minute ride in a taxi to the hotel. Traffic was heavy once we got into the city. The taxi driver offered to drive us around in the city tomorrow (Saturday) for a pretty reasonable rate so we’ll do that rather than get a half-day bus tour.
The hotel is nice and we got upgraded to a room with a view of the Acropolis and the Parthenon. We went to the lounge on our floor and took a few pictures of the Acropolis at night. Early evening for both of us.
My computer refuses to read any of the pictures from either of the cameras. It looks like I have some troubleshooting to do.
Update: Finally managed to get the camera to upload pictures. this is one of the first pictures we took Friday evening.
June Moriarty
24 Sep 2011It’s so wonderful to follow you through your words and pictures as you bein your travel adventure.
Kate Jacobs
25 Sep 2011Hi Mom and Dad – sounds like a great start to the trip!! You take off for your cruise today, right? How exciting!!