Retrospective travel journal--Days 1 & 2: Getting there

We left at 6:45 on the morning of June 16, a Wednesday, and with a 3 hour layover in Newark and a 10 hour time difference, arrived in Athens around 10 the next morning, Thursday, June 17. Neither of us slept much so we were beat, but rummaged around our lovely room with a view of the airshaft for a few minutes then headed out with some others from our group to find food on the Plaka a few blocks away. No pictures of the hotel Herodion, but you can link to the website here. It had a nice lobby and bar/restaurant, with a roof deck that provided a view of the Acropolis--very pretty at night. The original 14 people from the Las Vegas area (LouAnne, Anne, Jason, Mary, Sean, Erin, Judy, Johnna, Steve, Nancy, Ihla, Chris) were joined by a couple from California, Ron and Sharon, and two young women from Chicago, Wendy and Stefanie.