Day two in Athens started slow. Dogs were barkin’ a little bit, and a lazy lie-in was made easier by the view from bed. Probably also needed a little extra rest after the bubble party upstairs lasted well into the night. I went down and grabbed peinirli from the little restaurant right below the hotel, and we ate lunch in bed.
Even with a late start, we decided to head out to Plaka to do a little sightseeing / photo-taking. We meandered around and found one of the famous “staircases full of taverna tables” and after a little bit of a sales pitch from one of the purveyors, we decided a snack and a beer sounded like a good idea, and took up a table right by the main road through Plaka.
One large beer and half-liter of wine (and about two hours) later, we headed back up the steps towards Anafiotika, another neighborhood above Plaka that also has very picturesque white-and-blue houses and — let’s say unusual — staircases that wind up and around the little houses, turning into little alleys and deadends and finally coming out right at the stone of the Acropolis hill under the Greek flag platform.
Feeling like another little break, we grabbed a seat on the stones at the very top of Anafiotika, where you get a great view back across the city towards Lycabettus Hill. We made a new little friend who identified us as cat people and was happy to pose for pictures with the scenery.
Back down the hill and back to the hotel for a break, and then back for more loukoumades and Asian food from our little street food street, before heading back to the hotel to put our feet up and enjoy the last little bits of our view before heading back to the island tomorrow.