Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Arrival In Athens, Greece

We are in Athens, Greece. We arrived about 8:10 AM. Clearing customs was very easy. We showed our passports and had the passports stamped. After getting our luggage, we walked out to the main terminal exits. We found we could take Bus X95 to the end of the line in Athens center. The cost was 3.2 Euro per person. We got our tickets and stamped the tickets on the bus.
The ride was about 50 minutes with NO traffic. From the end of bus line X95 we had to cross middle of the Syntagma Square we crossed to Ermou St. We walked down Ermos to cross to Mitropoleos. I saw the statue in the little square on Mitropoleous. Across from the statue was the entrance to our hotel, Magna Grecia's white marble door way with steps leading up to the reception desk.Almost over the doorway was the time/temperature sign. The owner saw us walk in and came down to carry our luggageup to the desk. We are now sitting in the 3rd floor breakfast/bar area. The owner had the waitress go to a kiosk to get us each a beer. We have free WiFi connection. I am blogging this on our Dell Mini 10. Shortly after 12 noon the owner came for us to take us to our room. We have a nice view of the Acropois and the church square. Good king bed, hardwood floors and large bath the tub and hand held shower. Time to check in.

From the Breakfast area you can see the Acropolis.
All for now. We are waiting to check into our room.
Emily

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