It's all Greek to us

After waiting for ferry traffic to clear the narrow access to the harbour, we made a stern slide and reverse into a diagonal docking place at the port of Piraeus this morning.  This port city is separated from Athens by 9 kms, but it is all one sprawling city.

We took a city tour today, and visited the Acropolis, and saw a few other Olympic related sites both old and new.   The views of and from the Acropolis are truly breathtaking, and the ruins are quite impressive, although we are kept quite a distance away by the Relic Police. 

We finished the afternoon at an area called the Plaka – a very interesting and busy market type area, with stores, street performers, vendors and restaurants.   For lunch we had yummy Gyros and Greek salad( – here they just call it salad).  A nice sunset tonight, and a trip through the Corinth Canal later tonight.

Tomorrow is a day at sea, and the Victorian Ball tomorrow night.