Amazing Athens

<p>Our Tarom flight from Bucharest was very smooth and we were served complimentary cheese and tomato sandwiches, tea and juice which is more than you get with most airlines these days. By following the Metro signs, we managed to find the ticket office, buy 5 tickets for 36 euro and board the right train straight to Monastiraki Square. I knew the way to AthenStyle Hostel! It wasn&rsquo;t far at all but the most treacherous part was crossing Ermou Street. We just had to take a chance that someone would eventually stop for us.</p> <h2>AthenStyle Hostel</h2> <p>We were let into the locked foyer by the receptionist and then started to make our way to our rooms on the 4th floor. Keeley came down and said the lift&rsquo;s a bit dodgy &mdash; -it had stopped between floors &mdash; so I decided to send my luggage up in the lift and take the stairs which I continued to do for our 3 days here. I did not step foot in that lift once! Consequently, my fitness level has improved exponentially and I have gone from barely able to make two flights of stairs to bounding up five flights. The central rail did help a lot though.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://medium.com/globetrotters/amazing-athens-de87a1663e47"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>