28th September - Hop on stay on Bus

We checked out of the Tempi hotel and made our way down to Piraeus on the train to meet up with Veronica and Steven and leave our bags.

We had breakfast together at a little bakery before heading into Athens to catch the hop on hop off bus from Syntagma square. We spent the day mostly on the bus visiting the sites of Athens, Piraeus and beaches.








We ended the day with dinner of Gyro at street souvlaki 

 



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