15 hours in Athens (take that NYT!)
How much can you see with only 15 hours in Athens? A lot, apparently, if you are lucky enough to catch the excellent Free Walking Tour . We almost were not so fortunate. We landed at 10am and had to wait over an hour for the shuttle that would take us to our airport hotel, resulting in a mad sprint for the local bus into town in hopes of joining the noon tour. Say what you will about the Greek economy but I can vouch that their public transportation is on point. The two people who sprinted up to the group standing around Syntagma Square at 11:58am? That was us. We barely made it. Had we not, we we would have been hosed since our plan B was "to walk around and look at old stuff". Plan A was definitely more edifying. Led by our cheery guide, Maria, we were soon underway.