7/16/10, Friday - Athens

When I had originally booked my hostel, it was full for the middle night of my three night stay in Athens. Knowing I'd need some respite from the hostel lifestyle anyway, I treated myself to a (fairly inexpensive) four-star hotel. Wow! Let me tell you! I used their (very small) rooftop pool with a view of the acropolis, took an hour-long shower (to scrub the hostel off of me), and watched BBC World News. The only other things I have seen on tv for the last 3 weeks have been soccer (only not broadcast in English). Man, I have missed tv- and knowing what is going on in the world. I then slept for about 14 hours! I guess I had a lot of sleep to catch up on… around 2:00. I left the hotel and checked back into the hostel. My big outing today was going to see the first modern Olympic stadium.