Athens arrival

In our Athens hotel room:
Rebecca and I made it safely to Athens and had a lovely first day here. I’d been homesick for a connection to Charlotte, so it was great to see her. Both of us are a little taken aback by how generally shabby most of the construction is here, but our hotel is in a great location at the base of the Acropolis and right around the corner from some ruins, among them the Temple of Olympian Zeus and Hadrian’s Gate. We explored those this afternoon, then made our way to a hill in the middle of the city called Lykavittos and enjoyed a dinner at a café surrounded by spectacular city lights glittering through the haze. We have all day tomorrow to explore here, and then it’s on to Delphi and Santorini.