The email offering an opportunity to bid for an upgrade for the Aegean flight arrives. It is a 70 minute flight from Corfu to Athens and I ignore the first email. When the second one arrives I have a play with the bidding and find that the minimum offer is 30 euro. As a joke I submit the offer and lo and behold it is accepted! We are at the pointy end, again.
Our apartment in Athens is amazingly central and we are literally no more than 15 minutes walk from all of the major attractions and surrounded by an abundance of great eateries. We fluke the 11am changing of the guard at the parliament in Syntagma square before heading towards the base of the Acropolis the super touristy Plaka. A maze of tourist shops, bars and cafes. For lunch we head to the recommended Psiri district only to find that we are a mere 100 metres from our accommodation.
The afternoon has us exploring the 6th century BC Greek Agora again at the base of the Acropolis enjoying the warm autumn sunshine. My life partner has become a whiz at finding dining options. Dinner is a degustation menu at Makris restaurant. Stunning food as beautiful to eat as it is visually and about to gain its first Michelin star all at a non Michelin price.
