Autumn In Athens
Posted On Thursday, October 8, 1987 at at 1:15 AM by AlvinMandy has this little trick of finding the best travel bucket shop in town; this time she found "Simple Simon" - a one-man-bucket-shop run by, yes, Simon in a basement in west London ! Simon arranged our flights and hotels for Athens and the lovely island of Sifnos, he swore he has been there and knew the owner since the war days (just kidding). We bought in and were off !
Athens lived up to its reputation as an ancient capital where arguably, the seeds of all western civilisation were sown. We visited The Parthenon and The Acropolis as well as Plaka where we enjoyed our packed lunch on the street corner (like real backpackers do) and dinner of moussaka, tzatziki (Greek cucumber yogurt), local sea foods and a bottle of Retsina (like normal people do).
Athens was however, covered in a layer of smog and nowhere was this more apparent than when we scaled the small hill of Lakavitos as you can see below. Time to head off to Sifnos where fresh air abound !
Athens lived up to its reputation as an ancient capital where arguably, the seeds of all western civilisation were sown. We visited The Parthenon and The Acropolis as well as Plaka where we enjoyed our packed lunch on the street corner (like real backpackers do) and dinner of moussaka, tzatziki (Greek cucumber yogurt), local sea foods and a bottle of Retsina (like normal people do).
Athens was however, covered in a layer of smog and nowhere was this more apparent than when we scaled the small hill of Lakavitos as you can see below. Time to head off to Sifnos where fresh air abound !
