Day 35: Hurrying to Athens; From Korinthos
to Athens in Greece
June 3, 2012; Distance
covered today: 95 Km; Total: 2555 Km
There
is nothing special I can write about today’s ride. Woke up at 5 am, left the campground
at 6, and pushed it to get to Athens before the heat. Today was Sunday, and
tomorrow is a holiday as well. So there is a lot of traffic coming opposite my
direction. I got to Athens at 12 noon.
It
was difficult to find the tourist office. The people I asked about the office
had no clue if there was a tourist office. I then tried to find a hostel. I had
looked two up on the internet the night before, with some difficulty, I found
the first one, which had no vacancy; the second one, Athen’s Backpackers, gave
me a room of four beds all of which are now taken.
I
took a shower, washed my clothes, and contacted a friend’s friend, Dimitra from
Athens, to see if she is kind to hang out. She gracefully accepted to save some
time for tomorrow evening. Based on my experience in Barcelona, where I met
local people though CouchSurfing, I may learn a lot about Athens and Greece
when I meet someone from Athens.
I
was so tired to go and venture around, so I just went to a restaurant and had
Moussaka, a Greek dish. Then I passed out for an hour. Tomorrow, I will have to
go to the port to get a ferry ticket. All the agencies here in town are closed
tomorrow. Then I will check out the Archeological museum.
You didn't say how you liked the mousaka!
ReplyDeleteHope you enjoy Athens!
Alexandra
Generally, I love eggplants, particularly when it is with ground beef. So, I should say that I loved Moussaka. The only problem, as a hungry cyclist, no portion is big enough for me. I asked the waiter if the portion was big enough for a hungry man. He assured me that it would be enough. But It wasn't for me. Thanks for suggesting me this dish. It was delish.
ReplyDeleteI know this guy. Mansour eats like a horse despite his skinny figure loooll... in all fairness he does need the fuel to cycle through this crazy journey...
DeleteYou should have asked for nooone ezafeh Mansour :)
should have mentioned this in the post.. details of food is always interesting!
majid
ok, so when you eat ghyros you are going to need 3 at least! :)
DeleteLooking forward to reading more about your impressions of Athens - is it the Acropolis Museum you are going to? I found it amazing!
Tell Dimitra to take you to Plaka, Thiseio, Monastiraki and Exarkhia, and beware of crazy retro-neo-nazis - although I'm sure Dimitra can scare them off!
alexandra
hahahaa, Majid, believe me or not, I asked for extra bread, but the guy brought only two more rolls! At the end, I had to eat some of the food without bread: such a waste.
DeleteAlexandra, we went to some really really cool place including Palka for some real Greek food, which was enough.
Tomorrow, I am going to the Acropolis museum before I leave for the port for my ferry at seven pm.
Although the museum will be closed today too, if it's a holiday... try again tomorrow!
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