Last night, we pre-ordered breakfast to be delivered to the room. We have learned that that is the most efficient way to have breakfast on days with early morning shore excursions. We had full, hot breakfasts that were delivered right on time, and we were ready to disembark and meet our tour guide and bus by 7:30. Although we had a big bus for the tour, there were only fifteen in the group. There was plenty of room to spread out and get comfortable. The first p...

After sleeping late again and enjoying breakfast with a view of the Acropolis, we took a walk around the square and a few of the streets nearby. Shops were open and busy with Saturday morning shoppers. Seemed to be mostly locals. We were back in the hotel, repacked and ready for our ride to the cruise ship terminal by 11:30. The driver arrived ten minutes before the scheduled time; we checked out of the hotel and were ready to go. We had another English-speaker a...

We slept a bit later than usual for us, but were up in time for breakfast in the hotel. The restaurant is on the seventh floor with a view across to the Acropolis—beautiful view. The hotel is in a wonderful location on Syntagma Square. We can see the changing of the guard outside the Parliament building from our room window. With only one day to see the sights of Athens and with that day being the first after a long journey, we decided to concentrate on j...