Our Epic Ride in Athens🛵 | Pre-Cruise Adventure

Hop on and ride along! 🛵💨 Before setting sail on our First Greece Cruise, we had an epic ride on motorbikes exploring Athens — zipping past ancient ruins, winding through lively streets, and soaking up the city’s adventurous vibe. From iconic landmarks to hidden corners, this ride shows a whole new way to see Athens before boarding the cruise ship. 🚢🇬🇷

If you’re planning your own Greek adventure, this vlog is packed with travel inspo, fun moments, and a taste of the excitement leading up to embarkation day!

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for us on our motor bike tour and um taking some pictures, looking at the shop and walking around. So, what do you what do you think of this tour, Erica? It’s fun. I like being on the back of the bike and it’s just me and my mom. It’s not me, my mom, and a bunch of trains. Yeah, it’s something different, but we’re enjoying it. We’re also having to hold on in certain parts as they zip through the traffic, but they say it’s allowed. It’s allowed here. [Music] Yeah. Oh, the famous. Okay. The museum. Yeah. because it’s a university under you will see the philosophy. Oh, still works as university library. Okay. But for the only for the students of university. Uhhuh. But here in Greece, you still have the classical system with the books, not with the computers. Okay. So, you go you take the book, the old book, and you read. Uhhuh. Yeah. Not everything on digital. The books. Yeah. I like the books. Wow. Yeah. He’s staying with the bike. Yes. Beautiful. Wow. Can you imagine? Thousands of rich people. Oh wow. These actual fresh more than 2,000 years ago. Goodness. Yeah. That’s why you have so many demigods and stuff like that. They’re always with the humans. They’re always with the humans. I read up also Greek mythology. So you you told me you take us yet, huh? Or no, not yet. No, we haven’t taken it. You’re our first tour. I tomorrow when to uh this later on today we’re going to go to the Acropolis and then um we tomorrow we board the cruise ship. So what time? Uh at um I think we’re going at 2 in the afternoon in the in the harbor. Yes. The questions are at the heart. Yes. It’s so hard to see with the sun. There we go. Okay, now we’re recording. We’re on our scooter tour, guys. And this is the National Museum um of Greece. So, we’re not going inside. We’re going to hop back on our scooters and keep touring around the city. Erica, you making friends? Okay. Mhm. It’s okay. We go around. Mhm. We will pass from Exagia. Exactly is a part of Athens. That’s it’s a kind of art art part of Athens. Okay. Anarchy part with street cafe artistic and theaters. Okay. But last year, last year after 10 years, very touristic because everyone is interested. Yeah. We all want to come. And the shops and the walls are full of gravities. Uh-huh. And we go now to the highest place of access of the center the capital skill. There we leave you for 30 minutes to go up because you can see all around even the sea. Okay. There is worth it. Okay. The best time of course is the sunset. Right. Of course. Beautiful. Yeah. You can go by bus only by taxi or with car or motor bike. And what what is that called? What is the area called? Go with a cab. Okay. It’s a little bit expensive with a cab. But you have to take another cup to leave. That’s why most of the tourists they don’t know. There are some tourists, but only 10%. Yeah. everywhere. This is theater. Now it’s closing because in Greece summers, concerts, theaters, even cinemas, it’s open. They are open under the stars. Oh, those have closed uh buildings. Uhhuh. The amphitheaters. Yeah. Because it’s the weather. Mhm. And they wait the sun the sun goes down. Yeah. There are more people in the streets than the daytime, right? The weather. It’s much better to see a movie under the stars. Sure. No. Beautiful. Yeah. We have those sometimes in this in the summer, but it’s usually so hot in Florida that people don’t want to be outside. No, in the night is okay. Yes. It’s much more cooler. Everywhere you see it here station that’s why it’s closed. Oh, a metro station. Yeah. Okay. But the locals didn’t want because the square. Yeah. 24 hours every day there is police. Oh, guarding the metro, right? Yeah. It’s It’s too late now. It’s coming. But it was the neighborhood here very hard when they open. Mhm. Yeah. It’ll be They’ll be happy when it’s finished. No, no. When they finish because there are strikes every time when they strike, every day it will be closed. Oh, it strikes that much. Yeah, they make something that most of the time will be closed. There are another metro station. Oh. Oh. So you don’t really That’s why they didn’t want Oh. Because of metro they became more touristic. They don’t want tourist. Oh, they don’t want so much can maintain the neighborhoods where This is the classical bacon shop. M. Oh, she would love to stop in. Yeah. We don’t buy bacon from bread from supermarket. They make everyday bread. You see it’s here. Mhm. See, you see it’s from universities, right, political movements, right? And here is of course very much abnazi. They don’t like racist here or police. Okay. So they are not welcome. Everyone is welcome here except the police. Except the police. Doesn’t matter what. Yes. That’s nice. Too bad for the police. But yeah, because they had a problem with drugs. They made special groups and they hunted them. would always bullish to keep clean the neighborhood. It’s a kind of better and next to this where go is the most expensive really of because they live near. Mhm. This area we start is one of the most rich expensive in Athens because it’s near parliament. So they live many politicians. It’s much more expensive than this neighborhood of exceptia. Mhm. And these are all homes, apartments above the shops and things. Everything Everything is much more expensive. Yeah. for five minutes walking maybe double price that I think you see here it’s different Mhm. Mhm. No no graffiti. Yeah. [Music] The left before we go up the classical Greek church. Okay. In Greece we have paintings in the church but no musical instrument. Okay. The entrance. Beautiful. And inside there are paintings. Wow. And they have this special circle. I do not know the English wall you can see on the top. Mhm. See up top. Yeah. All the the orthodox church except the islands they are white. Oh, they’re blue and white. Blue and white. You go up there. Oh. Oh, no. You can’t get up there. But believe me, it’s about 7 8 minutes walking. Oh. But it’s worth it. It’s worth it. Way. Yeah. house. Mhm. The right police start Yeah. Yeah. You see? Wow. It is beautiful. So, it’s like in a valley. Yeah. There is a small concert place open there. They play music and Oh. Uhhuh. But when you go up Okay. You see the harbor is over there. Good. Oh, okay. And this is like a national park area. This is like reserve park. No, no, normal park. Normal park. Okay. Wow. Oh, I always forget. It’s like to go to a strike. You’re like, you just got here. You’re Greek already. You follow all the steps. Follow the steps. Okay. And be careful. In one place when you go up, there’s a cafe. Okay. If you want to water it, it’s cheap to buy a small a small bottle of water. And then the same way you coming back. Okay. You have 30 minutes. Okay. Okay. You will see around and you will see in the Neo Stadium is a stadium that games. Yes. Olympic games started. We’ll go after. Okay. We’ll go after. Let me get my bag. Yeah, of course. Okay. Thank you. So, you need sunscreen. Um I think Okay, Erica, you want sun cream? Are you okay? Um no, we can’t. Okay, thank you. We go up to see the even lower. Oh, from here. So, this is the highest point. There’s a little cafe up here we can get. Woo! Did you feel that? My foot slipped. Like it felt real slippery right there. It’s just a park. I asked if it was like a national park. He’s like, “No, just a park.” Um, but it’s the highest point. As you can see, all of Athens and you can see the port, too. I might need the rail. Beautiful. [Applause] Uh-huh. This is what it looks like from the highest point in the city of Athens. Amazing. Amazing. Take a picture. Remember how I talked about on the Monday chat, guys? how the bottle caps don’t come off. This is the perfect example. And just like I thought I would, I was twisting trying to get it off. Leave it alone. Classical stadium. The Olympic stadium was stadium. It was made 200 almost 200 years ago. And the first modern Olympic games started again after more than 1,000 years. They stop 896. So there were not many countries the facilities were France, Greece, England, US, even Australia. But to come for many games. Yeah. US many months with the ship and they have a kind of different sports. Yeah. Where they jump. They didn’t have this. They have to jump and land with the feet. Oh, total different. Yeah. What what else do we have back then? Maybe the javelin. Yeah, they had of course they added the the discs. The disc. Yeah, the marathon. The classical marathon. Still now is ending there. Oh, okay. That’s where it is. Every November is a classical marathon. Oh. So marathon is the they took the name from Marathon city. Yeah. They run 42 km and they end there still till today. It’s one of the most famous of the world. Okay. Oh, you go. I always forget the helmet. I forget to put it on. Okay. Can I make you a photo to put it in the Facebook and Instagram page? Yes, please. Mhm. Hello. Heat. Heat. [Music] Yeah. US. Oh, okay. Come on, guys. This is the USA. The embassy. The US embassy. And in the right building you go. Mhm. It’s the modern opera. But in the summer not working everything is open festivals or theaters, cinemas. the flag all the way up. Opera heat. You good? [Music] [Music] It’s a rabbit. Rabbit. Okay. Oh yeah. Wow. We stop on the right. On the left is the view. Okay. Just the road over there. Okay. They give you [Applause] We pass for a traffic light or Okay. And we go take some pictures. Okay. Okay. Yeah. Why not? Wait here. Okay. Looks like 32 seconds we can cross. [Music] She’s watching that 10 seconds. Okay. Wow. The official museum shop. Can we go closer? Wow. Oh, you can see the rings. Yeah. Feel like they put that up not too long ago. You think so? Yeah. They look a little too clean. I was going to say or they just left them white cuz they knew they’d get bleached out. I don’t have my tickets to go up. waters colas olives. Oh, here go some chips. Erica, I don’t know what these flavors are, guys. Okay, this says barbecue. Yeah. Is that what it is? Oh, I see it. I mean, if we weren’t on the on the bike, I’d say, “Yeah, we can get them.” We are just outside of the Olympic Stadium, the home of the first modern Olympic games, 1896. They still have marathons that end up here today. So, you can see some of the stadium a little bit right there. Yeah, you can get entrance tickets and climb on up if you would like. Um but we are going to which is just a quick stop for us on our motor bike tour and um taking some pictures looking at the shop and walking around. So what do you what do you think of this tour, Erica? It’s fun. I like being on the back of my bike and it’s just me and my mom. It’s not me, my mom and a bunch of trains. Yeah, it’s something different, but we’re enjoying it. We’re also having to hold on in certain parts as they zip through the traffic, but they say it’s allowed. It’s allowed here. And next the temple and behind there are some more temples. In case of war, all the army and the citizens go up to protect it from the invasion. And under Roman theater and it’s about 2,000 years old. It’s younger than probably. Wow. The theater is younger. Roman. Okay. Okay. Yeah. We returned later that afternoon to make the long climb up to the top of the Acropolis Hill to tour the Parthonon and the other temples that are up there. So, for now, we jumped back on the bikes and continued on the tour of the neighborhoods behind the Acropolis, including Platka, which many of you may have seen on the Instagram uh posts and reels. It’s famous for all of the sidewalk cafes and the cafes that are going up the stairs into the center of the neighborhood. I’m not exactly sure what happened to the audio in this section of the video, but I thought you would enjoy continuing to see the scooter ride through the town, through the city of Athens. We had a lot of fun, and I hope you enjoyed watching us tour along on the mopeds. [Music] Hey, [Music] this Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] Hey. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] Hey. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. [Music] [Music] Heat. N. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] We’re here in front of the parliament, but we think we’re not at the right time to see the changing of the guard, which is kind of sad. I wanted to see them. I don’t know if we’ll have time at some other point to uh to see them. Would love to see them change. This is Parliament, but the memorial is to honor their war heroes. Um, so there’s all kinds of writing and sculptures to to commemorate them. Well, that was the end of our motorbike tour through the city of Athens. We highly re recommend this tour. We had a great time. U Athens Motor Tours is the name of the company and Stavros was a great guide. So, if you’re ever in Athens and want to give it a try, look them up. [Music]