希腊雅典第一天 Athens Day one

昨天离开了帕罗斯岛，民宿主人竟然开车把我俩送到了机场，25分钟的飞行就到了雅典。从雅典机场到旅店的地铁大概用时50分钟（不包括走路到地铁站的时间），车费9每人欧元（买两张票，每人竟然给了1欧元的折扣！太贴心了。）跟哥本哈根比起来，这里的地铁似乎不是那么方便，车次相隔时间比较长，哥本哈根大概每2分钟就一趟车，我俩等了有20多分钟，而且也没有任何的地铁实时信息。

We left Paros Island yesterday and the owner of the hotel drove us to the airport (so nice!) It took 25 minutes to fly to Athens. The subway from Athens Airport to the hotel took about 50 minutes (not including the time to walk to the subway station), and the fare was 9 euros per person (buying two tickets, each person gets a discount of 1 euro! So sweet.) but compared with Copenhagen, the subway system here is not convenient at all.

The time interval between trains is really long. Copenhagen has a train every 2 minutes, but we waited more than 30 minutes for ours and there is no real-time train information on the subway.

到了旅店，时间过早还不能入住，我俩便在附近逛游了一圈。旅店所在的区域叫科洛纳基， 是非常热闹中心的地方，没想到我竟然有回到了中国的感觉?! 各种店铺一应俱全，而且都是那种像中国一样的小商铺，在美国是很少见到的，卖衣服的，鞋的，内衣的，包包的，灯具的，各种小商品的，旅游纪念品的，巧克力糖果的，等等等等，简直应接不暇。另外一件出乎意料的认识是，这里的饭店，咖啡馆，真多啊！似乎每个拐角都是一片一片的，而且，下午星期四的下午3-4点钟，饭店/咖啡馆竟然济济一堂！游客和当地人已经傻傻分不清楚，他她们是在吃午饭还是晚饭？他她们已经下班了吗？ 希腊人这是过的怎样一种生活啊？

When we arrived at the hotel, it was too early to check in, so we wandered around and got some lunch. The area where the hotel is located is called Kolonaki. It is a very lively and central place. But, I didn’t expect that I would feel like I was back in China?! There are all kinds of shops, and they are all small shops like in China, which you rarely see in the United States. Shops selling clothes, shoes, underwear, bags, lamps, various small commodities, tourist souvenirs, chocolate candies, etc., are simply overwhelming. Another unexpected realization is that there are so many restaurants and cafes here! It seems that on every corner is a restaurant and at 3-4 o’clock on a Thursday afternoon, there are many restaurants/cafes full of people mixed with tourists and locals and we can’t tell which is which. Are they eating lunch or dinner? Are they off work? What kind of life does a Greek person lead?

晚餐的时候更是确认了下午的认知，各个饭店酒吧还依然是熙熙攘攘，不禁又有了同样一个问题-希腊人这是过的怎样一种生活啊？？ 我怎么感觉这里比法国巴黎更巴黎呢？

At dinner, I confirmed my understanding in the afternoon. The restaurants and bars were still bustling, and I couldn’t help but have the same question – what kind of life do Greek people live? ? How do I feel that this place is more Paris than Paris, France?

今天去了具有2千多年历史的希腊古建筑群-卫城。从旅店到卫城步行大概20分钟，门票每人10欧元，游客非常多。雅典和罗马的感觉也很相似，这些具有千年历史的古建筑就坐落在21世纪的现代城市中，坐在高高的卫城上， 俯瞰远处的密密麻麻的城市建筑，有一种非常梦幻的感觉。

Today we went to the Acropolis, an ancient Greek building complex with a history of more than 2,000 years. It takes about 20 minutes to walk from our hotel to the Acropolis. Tickets cost 10 Euros per person. There are tons of tourists. Athens and Rome have a very similar feeling. These ancient buildings with thousands of years of history are located in a modern city in the 21st century. Sitting on the high acropolis, overlooking the dense urban buildings in the distance, there is a very dreamy feeling…

今天的慢游就到这里了，又是坐下来观看来来往往的人群的时候了。

That’s it for today’s slow travel and now it’s time to sit down and people watch while sipping tea and coffee.