Athens Day 2

Our second day was just as spectacular as our first.  We went to the #1 breakfast restaurant in Athens (according to Trip  Advisor) named Meliartos and it was YUMMY and cheap.  Actually all of our food and drinks were very cheap in Athens which is amazing because we thought Berlin prices were cheap compared to Seattle and now Athens is cheap compared to Berlin.

After breakfast we decided opt for a day in the city rather than 3 hours on a bus.  We walked up to the Acropolis and saw the Parthenon . There were incredible views and the sun even came out for us. 

One of the upsides to traveling in the low season other than much lower prices is that there are also much fewer tourists.  I can only imagine how hard it would be to get a good photo without a million other people in it.

The kids really took it all in.  We saw the Temple of Athena and walked under the ENORMOUS pillars. 

Temple of Zeus in the background

On our walk down we came across a huge stray cat colony.  The kids were in heaven.  There was another tourist that came along with a box of cat food and distributed it between the kids and three of them feed and petted the cats for at least an hour.

After the hike up to and around the acropolis we stopped by a place (Freskos) which was right around the corner from our Airbnb that served delicious Greek yogurt with your choice of different toppings.  Not only did you choose your toppings (different kids of nuts, honey, granola,fruit, smarties) but you also choose your percentage of fat in your yogurt (1%, 5%, 8% or 10%)  It was SO so good.  As was the fresh honey. 

After a short down time we went back to the Olympic Stadium and found the secret, local entrance around back which was free and open to the public but really only the locals know about it. 

We ran a few "races" and took a few cool photos and were very impressed with the view.
We went out the wrong way and got stuck after walking all the way down we had to head back up and exit the way we came in.  The kids were SOO tired and SOO hungry by this time that we caved and went to the same restaurant that we had gone to the previous night out of hunger and desire to have just as good of a meal for our final night.  And it was even better than the night before.  Yum.
We agreed that we met some of the nicest, warmest and friendliest people while in Greece.  We also agreed that we ate some of the yummiest food since arriving in Europe 6 months ago.
So in the end 3 nights and 2 full days was definitely worthwhile.

The kids kept up with every step. Both days
we clocked in between 9 and 10 miles