Woke up and took our sweet time getting to breakfast. It was really good! Breads, cereals, yogurt, fruits, eggs, bacon & sausages! I missed real breakfast!
As expected, the view from our room is even more gorgeous in the day. We checked out and left our packs at the hotel then went to play in Patra.
Well turns out, there's really not a lot going on there! We wanted to see the ancient acropolis. So we followed the walking directions from our Eurail book which lead us up a flight of 197 steep stairs. We found the ruins at the top of the hill...but they were closed! So we climbed the 197 steps back down.
Then we went and found St. Nicholas' church. But after 6 weeks in Europe viewing some of the most goregous cathedrals in the world....you get jaded.
Finally we decided to go the beach. We are in Greece afterall! I had looked up the nearest beach last night and it said it was only 2km away. So we set out to find it.
Well we walked for almost an hour and ended up back at the south harbor where our ferry docked last night! We asked a taxi driver about the beach and he looked like we were crazy. Apparenlty it was still about 8km away.... so I probably saw 12km online and thought it was only 2km. Oops!
We went back to the hotel with absolutely nothing accomplished. We hung out for a couple of hours and tried to find a day trip to Olympia from Athens. It doesn't look like we'll get to go. :( Everything was full or not running because of the work on the rail system.
Speaking of work on the rail system, our trip to Athens was... interesting! We had to take a bus from Patra to Kioto. That was about an hour and a half. Then took a train from Kioto to Ano Liossia. Then finally switched to the train to Athens. Mind you all of the stops were in Greek characters. So it was a really stressful trip.
We finally got to Athens and planned to walk to our hotel. Except all of the streets are obviously in Greek, and even though I wrote the directions with the Greek names...we couldn't figure it out. We ended up taking a taxi. Except HE didn't know where our hotel was....even though I gave him the address. He ended up driving in circles before finding it, then charged us €10! I was pissed. Ugh! No more taxis!!
We are staying at the Lotus Hotel. Its a 31 room 4-star 'boutique' hotel. Its family run and super nice. Its supposed to run €200/ night but through Booking.com I got it for €209 total for THREE nights. :) I love that website!!
We ordered room service for dinner while looking over the Athens tour options that reception gave us upon check-in. Room service was super cheap! €14 for both of our dinners and no extra service charges! I had the best Ceasar salad ever. Heather had a club sandwich.
H wasn't feeling too hot because she had taken a Dramamine on the bus earlier, on an empty stomach. I wanted to help her feel better so I went to the mini-mart next to the hotel and got her some Sprite. That seemed to do the trick! She is finally sleeping.
I'm chilling and watching MTV. Its funny what you end up watching in foreign countries, because its the only English channel.
Guess I should sleep! We're going to the Acropolis/ Parthenon tomorrow!! Its a national holiday here so all of the museums and national monuments have free entry! w00t!!
Safe Travels,
- Kit & Heather
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