Holy Athens!

Arrived in Athens on the 4am flight. Got to my hotel way too early and with an extremely painful ear! I sat in the hotel lobby for a while with one hand over my ear (yep it was excruciating). About 7am I decided to have some breakfast hoping the pain would go away if I didn't think about it too much. The 7th floor of the hotel restaurant looked over Athens, in particular the Acropolis and out towards the harbour. The views were breathtaking so I sat their sipping on coffee with one hand over my ear!!! I managed to get an early check in at 8am and I tried sleeping so the pain would lessen. However it wasn't until 11am I fell asleep. Woke up late afternoon feeling much better. As I didn't have anything planned I decided to take a stroll around downtown Athens. This picture was taken in the Praka/Monestraki district which is quite hip and has lots of flea market style shops at one end and upmarket shops on the other. The acropolis is always a dominant feature where ever you go around central Athens as you can see in the background.