Day 9 in Greece - Athens
12 June 2012 | Athens, Greece
Andrew & Vera Waldby - Fine & Hot 37degreesC
Today we decided to take a Hop-on/Hop-off bus around Athens. We had found this to be quite useful when we were in London & Paris. It gives you the opportunity to either check out the major sites before deciding where to go and visit, or identify sites that you didnt now about.
This time we hopped-off at the National Archealogical Museum. This is quite large; although no where as large as the Louvre, but it would still to a few days to get around, and pretty much covers all the ages of Greece and surrounding areas; including other related cultures. This time we solely focussed on the major era's of Greece. It was quite good, and as usual they had the special exhibition which was about a Roman shipwreck that they recovered many a pieces that had been stolen from Greece by Rome. Because a lot of these pieces were buried, or partially buried under the ocean floor they were amazingly intact.
Once we were finished there we hopped on to the bus and finished the tour of Athens. We went back to the hotel to refresh and then Vera wanted to do some shopping, so we headed down the road; although not before we got the obligatory photo with the guards at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
After shopping we went for our last dinner in Athens at the Placa.