Two days in Athens

We got back from our three day cruise early in the morning.  By the time we got into our rooms at the Hotel, we were much too tired to do anything, so we had a lazy day resting.  We ate at the Hotel restaurant which was a real surprise foodwise.  

This was my salad, it actually looked a lot more impressive than this photo.

This was my calamari.  The yellow package is a lemon tied up with muslin to catch the pips!  Very Greek!!!

This was Paul's veal dish cooked in a clay pot with risoni.

The next day was beautiful and sunny so we decided to find a beach, so we caught the tram and headed  down for a dip.  I have heard people say how weird it is not to have sandy beaches, and they are right, because you sink into the stones/gravel.

In the late afternoon, we decided to go into town and look at some more ruins in Plaka, the old part of Athens, so back on the tram.

This is actually the flea market, we discovered.

More Hadrian, this is the ruins of his library.

And we couldn't resist one more look at this spectacle.

And then more eating.  This was a delicious tasting plate of some Greek delicacies including a cheese pie, some meatballs like kofta, some grilled chicken pieces and some spicy sausage.

 

The Parthenon by night.

Some more Athens by night.