Sunday, October 21, 2018--Athens

Arrived Athens a half-hour early on Sunday. Never been in such uncomfortable, unadjustable Business First seats in our lives (American, on an Airbus 330). Neither of us got any sleep. Fortunately, the lovely King George Hotel had our room ready in a half hour (they upgraded us to a Grand Suite 😀), so we napped a bit, then headed out with our driver Michael, who took us along the coast on a beautiful drive to the Sounion Peninsula, where the Temple of Poseidon stands high on a hill overlooking the Aegean Sea. The weather was lovely except for considerable haze, which Michael said was dust coming across the Mediterranean from Egypt.

Michael and Suzy at Lake Vougliagmeni overlook.

The Temple of Poseidon at Sounion Peninsula.

After touring the ruins, we returned to Athens, stopping at a charming, very local seaside restaurant for a light supper. We picked out a red snapper from the day's catch iced in drawers, and the three of us thoroughly enjoyed both it (turned out to be 1671 grams--3.5+ lbs!), a bottle of Santorini wine, a Greek salad, and the friendliness of the staff. It was the perfect end to our first day, especially since rainy weather is due tomorrow and worse on Tuesday.

Here are some choices of fresh, fresh, fresh fish at Taverna Kalamia, along the southern coast.

And this red snapper was the choice.

Enough salad for six . . .

And plenty of fish for three--nothing wasted!