Athens: first full day

Dark clouds, very dark clouds. That's what we saw when we woke up this morning. By the time we stepped out of the hotel we had to bring out the umbrella, thankfully for only the second time of the trip. We walked and arrived at the National Archeological Museum at around 9am, and it was already teeming with tourists. The museum was relatively small for a "national" museum, which was good since it meant less foot work for us :) We spent 3 hours walking around, and we were quite tired by the time we left.

We decided to have lunch at Goody's, a local fast food restaurant, because we have just had enough "proper" Greek food. Let's just say that that was not a good decision.

We took the metro line 2 for 3 stops to the Acropolis. By this time the sun had come out, and we felt tired and hot. After reaching the top, we took a long rest on the stairs by the Temple of Nike before entering the Acropolis. The sheer amount of restoration going on at the site can't help but make it feel like a big construction site. It was not pretty. The Acropolis museum being closed as part of the restoration didn't help. I don't know if we would've wanted to visit it anyway since we had so much information crammed into our brains in the morning at the National museum already.

We toured the site slowly and finished seeing everything within 2 hours. With a couple of hours left before dinner time, we decided to visit the ancient agora close by. At this point, things were starting to look the same. We blew by the agora museum pretty quickly, followed by a leisurely stroll through the flea markets in Monastiraki before having a quick dinner.

We were lucky that the rain came while we were indoor today. We'll be outdoor for the most of tomorrow so we're hoping for better weather.