We took a bus tour to Piraeus. This is the port city for Athens. I am very familar with Piraeus. Although this is our first trip here, in my previous life I acted as an agent in North American ports for many cargo ships that had the Piraeus name painted on their stern.
We traveled by bus where we were able to sit on the upper deck.
We had lunch in a local restaurant overlooking the marina. Lunch included Greek salad. The feta was not the crumbly kind we usually get at home. This feta was a slab about half an inch thick.
Tomorrow we hope to arrange transport to the Greek islands. We are not sure which ones, so check with the blog in a day or two for an update.
Saturday we toured the new Acropolis Museum. This building contains some 20,000 artifacts in 14,000 square meters of floor space. It gave us a much better understanding of the reasons for this construction and the changes over the last 2500 years. One of the more modern displays was a rendering of the Acropolis in legos. All the many who were fans of this toy will recognize this display and the time taken to put it together.
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