The ferry over from Santorini to Athens was much better than the one over from Crete. There was much less rocking and no one got sick thankfully. On our way down to the port we over heard someone talking about the strike that went on the day before. We didn't even know there was a strike!
Later we heard that the people waiting for the ferry the day before waited a full 3 hours before even finding out that there was a strike and the ship was not going to be coming. What they say is true, if you are on an island you won't even know there was a strike or a riot going on.
Which was a good thing in the end, because our hotel, the Grand Bretagne, is directly across from the Parlament.
But it also had an amazing view of the Parthenon and the Acropolis from the roof top dining room.We toured the Acropolis, Historical Museum, Parthenon, Palace of Zeus, Ancient Agora, and the National Gardens.
We found a great Gyro place and had a mixed pork and beef dish, with really great dolomades (stuffed grape leaves)
Now I just need to figure out how to convince my mom to start growing grape leaves for me to make these....
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