Day 69

Dirty. Boring. Sketchy. Yes, those are the words to describe Athens. The streets all smell of urine, tons of homeless drunk bums on the curbs plus you get the odd hooker in the mix. This is the first city where I generally feel unsafe. Not sure if it is due to their economic situation at the moment but either way I don't think I would ever come back to Athens. After the Acropolis there is not much else to see. I find the city just does not have any atmosphere to it, no charm to remember. Plus the locals are so rude, at least the ones I have encountered. So a big thumb down to Athens.

I did manage to motivate myself a bit yesterday and see some of the city. I ventured about a 15 min walk to the Acropolis. Which is something to see. Very cool and I suggest to anyone in Greece to at least make it to Athens for half a day to see it. Then get out as fast as possible!

Which is exactly what I am trying to do. Booked a flight to Amsterdam for tomorrow morning. Which means another night at the Athens airport. Which is fine by me, I don't mind at all to hang around in an airport. Call me crazy but people watching is a favourite past time of mine.

So it is just before 2:00 here in Athens, I am off to grab some breakfast/lunch and then attempt to make it to the rescue centre. Not sure if I have already mentioned this but Archelon has a rescue centre for any injured sea turtles. So it will kill some time to see the centre and should be interesting to see the turtles in some light! Then off to the airport I go. After 7 weeks in Greece it is time to move on, it has been some great times. Good-bye Mousaka, Raki, Gyros and the crystal clear beaches!! You will be greatly missed!