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Thursday (day 1) : Arrival - Friday (day 2) : Akropolis - Agoras - Syntagma (Change of the Guards)

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After meeting in Vienna in 2016, a citytrip to Krakow in 2017, we choose Athens for this years citytrip, hoping that we might have some mild weather after this cold winter. Thursday 22 March Train at  8h10 via Ghent (Mieke joined) arrival  Zaventem 9uh35 Aegean  vlucht A3621 at  11u50  ETA Athene 16u00 (local) = 15u Belgium Flight from Vienna (and France) were cancelled due to strikes.   Kate was re-booked for next day. A very nice driver took us through the center of Athens to our hotel 'Arion' , situated in a popular area, pleasant and busy with lots of restaurants.  View of Akropolis from the top terrace Diodos restaurant in Adrianou street N ightview from the hotel terrace Friday 23 March : After breakfast at 8:30 am, Mieke and myself set off  for to visit the Acropolis. Plateia Monastiraki Our walk took us from Manastiraki  via  Hadrian's library, Tax...