the sun rises (and never sets) in Athens...

This time last year we had arrived in Athens, somewhere i'd been dreaming of for years.

From the moment I stepped off the plane I could feel the heat seeping into my bones. I don't know whether you've ever been to Athens, but Athens airport has the worst customs section. No sniffer dogs, no xray machines, no body scans. Get your passport stamped and off you go! It was just too easy!
First impressions of Greece - drier than expected. No lush greenery covering the countryside, in fact it was more like a gentle scattering of dry green plants. And rocky!

I must admit, at 730am, almost dying in a taxi was not what i had expected. And within those first few minutes, i realised that we had definately entered into another world. I couldn't even imagine driving the way that they consider normal. Blinkers? Optional extras... Lanes? Merely guidelines! Add all of this onto the terror I already felt (i was sitting in the drivers seat AND NOT DRIVING!!!)
Anyway we spent that first day drinking frappes and fresh lemonade (yum!), getting to know the lay of the land, applying numerous coats of sunscreen and failing to stay out of the sun.

We managed to fight the jetlag and heat until about 5 in the arvo when we eventually crashed onto the bed in our beautifully cool and rather tiny hotel room, both of us thinking the same thing... thank god for AIR CONDITIONING!!!



♥ M