Athens, for real and from above
Rode the metro downtown again, this time with the full complement of luggage.
Walking to the hotel, Novotel in the Omonia district, took a while, and up until the final corner seemed to be an entirely wrong area for a proper four star hotel. Happily enough it wasn’t, and the fabulous-ish shower provided was much appreciated.
The neighbourhood didn’t seem too lucrative for a proper dinner, and as the hotel advertised a rooftop restaurant, that meant an easy enough approach for the last proper meal of the trip.
The view from the top was indeed great. The surrounding area (and pretty much the whole city) being of buildings of not very great height, the vistas offered pretty much 360 degree access. The sun setting behind one of the hills got to be probably the greatest photo opportunity of the whole weekend.
The dinner, while expensive, was worth the money. Finally got to tick off “octopus” from the list of things to be eaten, and the tuna steak for the main course was a nice change of pace from the ubiquitous souvlakis. Drinks varied between awesome (the margarita for an appetizer) and awful (the daiquiri for dessert was genuinely artificial in taste).
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