{"id":15068,"date":"2015-09-09T14:00:59","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T12:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/wordpress\/?p=15068"},"modified":"2015-09-09T15:10:22","modified_gmt":"2015-09-09T13:10:22","slug":"mediterranean-cruise-day-4-athens-greece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/archives\/15068","title":{"rendered":"Mediterranean Cruise Day 4: Athens, Greece"},"content":{"rendered":"

The fourth day of our cruise was our first proper excursion day and would prove to be one of the best. \u00a0Between the group we were with and the amazing guide, that day set the bar really high for the rest of our trip.<\/p>\n

I had joined us up on an all day Athens tour with PKTravel.com<\/a>\u00a0which was organized by a woman in Australia that I met via the message boards on CruiseCritic.com<\/a>. \u00a0The people we were with that day would turn out to be some of our favorite people from the entire trip, and we were so glad to see them again and again in different excursions. \u00a0I can see now why people plan cruises together in groups, because if you have the right crowd it can be so much more fun.<\/p>\n

Our guide, Dimitris, was outstanding. \u00a0He was funny, knowledgeable, professional and… hot. There, I said it, the man was a Greek God. \u00a0We were shown around Athens by a Spartan and it was really cool! \u00a0I wish I’d gotten proper photos of him but I know the other gals from the excursion, if they are reading this, are nodding their heads in agreement. \u00a0It wasn’t just the women that enjoyed his company, though. \u00a0My husband thought he was great, because no matter what question my husband threw his way, he had the answer. \u00a0Xander is quite curious by nature and I knew going in that he’d likely attach himself to the guides and ask a million questions, so it wasn’t surprising when he did so with Dimitris. \u00a0We went on to compare every guide we had after to him and while some came close, he definitely took the prize for the #1 guide for our cruise.<\/p>\n

We knew for sure that we made the right decision in going with a smaller group for our excursions, rather than a bus with the ship. \u00a0Not just because of the cost, but with the level of attention we got from our guide. \u00a0Having 11-12 of us in a large van made it a lot easier for us to chat, for him to point things out to us and also much easier for him to get into places the big busses can’t. \u00a0This was the case with every excursion and was a major bonus of going in smaller groups.<\/p>\n

If you are ever visiting Greece and are in the Athens area, I can’t recommend PK Travel highly enough!<\/p>\n

The full day tour<\/a> included the following:<\/p>\n