Corfu to Athens

September 17:  We vacated the boat early and caught taxis to the airport at 8:30.  We left behind (donated) a little food, especially bags of granola and milk.  I gave our leftover ouzo to Johnny, the base manager, since he so helpful and friendly.

We ran the gauntlet at the airport and had an quick flight to Athens.  Our luggage arrived and we transferred to our hotel for the next 4 nights using the subway.  We had to transfer to a second subway line for 3 stops, and walked to our hotel which was about 3 blocks away.  MotionX-GPS worked well.

Immediately after checking in, we went for lunch to Alexander the Great, as recommended by the hotel front desk.

We then checked out "hop-on, hop-off" buses, as a way of getting a sense of the city.  After studying the advertisements, we picked the Blue Bus, because we buy a 3-day pass and access all of the routes they offered.  We waited for the bus to arrive (it comes every 30 minutes) and rode the entire circuit of the "Athens Line."  We saw all of the major tourist sites from the upper deck of the bus, with skimpy commentary through the bus' audio system (with earbuds).  It was a useful thing to do, because we determined what to do the following day.

Dinner was at a local bakery that served other things besides a vast array of cookies, cakes, sweets, and breads.  Betsy opted out of dinner, though I brought a smoothie from the bakery back to her.