Arriving in Athens

Hello from Greece.

What a great first impression. We arrived at about 2pm and the taxi was there to pick us up. It has been a warm, sunny day with clear skies. The whole colour of this place is different from Italy and France. The king of heat is also different. It is bright and clear here. The colours are pale. Most of the buildings - old or new, are pastels, cream or white. Walking up through the 'old city' this afternoon was fascinating. At times the paths between the houses, were barely wide enouh to pass through. The steps varied in sixe, height and texture - many were marble, some brick, and some were concrete or pebbled. You could see right into windows and backyards - such are they were.

As Mike said, the Acropolis was amazing. Just like the postcards only bigger and with sounds and smell. It is different being there. There are cats everywhere here. They are furtive and slink around the corners where there are people and some of them look unkempt and mangy. We had noticed that every ruin in Itlay seemed to have a resident cat - well here they have colonies of them.

The meal we had tonight would rate up there with the best one so far which was in Tuscany. Tonight I enjoyed a salad (Greek) for the first time since we've been away. The few others I've tried in both France and Italy were - well pretty awful! The mousaka was also delicious - forst time I've tasted it.

Well time is running out and I will try to put one photo in - we haven't been too successful with this so far tonight - Mike just gave up in the end.

Well here goes....

Cheers
Kerry