hey there fellow travelers mark here
with walter's world and today we're in
athens greece with the acropolis hill
and the parthenon behind us this is one
of johnson's favorite places to come in
the world and always a good time for us
with the food and all kinds of stuff and
if you have great museums great
historical sites and great food there's
still things you don't do when you go to
a place and that's why today's video are
the things you don't do when you come to
athens i guess one little don't i have
for you is don't call the building on
the top the acropolis the acropolis is
the hill and going up to the top is the
acropolis up on the top that's the
parthenon that's on top that really cool
structure you always see in pictures
that's what that is okay so that's the
first don't don't don't don't confuse
the two the second don't i have for you
is don't skip going up there a lot of
people think oh with all the tourists up
there in the heat uh is it really worth
it to go up there it's just some ruins
look it is a magical experience when you
see the parthenon i know every time i
come to athens when i come the first
time i i turn a corner and i look up and
i see the parthenon on the top of the
acropolis i'm like oh
it's like that really corny tourist
moment it's wonderful and don't miss
that experience so yes hike up in the
heat and go with the crowds and go
through there and enjoy going up there
and seeing one of the most magnificent
spots and tourist destinations in the
world okay now i do have a little extra
don't when you are going up to the top
you'll see us when you go through you'll
see there there's construction on the
front of it and when people come through
for the main entrance they all stop to
take a picture right there it gets
really kind of crowded and people get
frustrated look you can take a few more
steps and go in a little bit farther and
get actually better pictures so don't
worry you'll get great pictures of the
acropolis all over the directions but
just know you're gonna get a little
frustrated with all the people stopping
right there so don't stop go a little
bit farther and take some pictures okay
another donut i have here is don't drive
when you come to athens i mean you're
asking for a heart attack every time you
go anywhere so just don't just just
don't take a taxi take an uber take the
metro take the tram take a bus heck take
a group of crazy greeks just don't drive
when you come here it's not worth it and
if you're going to be walking around
realize that you may think you have it
right away but don't think you have the
right of way because that's where a lot
of problems a lot of hurt tourists come
through is there are car accidents and
they do nick the tourist i'm a pretty
good tourist but i almost got hit today
so you really need to be careful so
don't think you have the right of way
make sure you're always paying attention
okay so now we're here at the temple of
zeus
well we want to get in the temple of
zeus and that's one of the next don'ts
we have for you is don't be surprised if
there's like a strike going on when you
are here in athens but it's not usually
going to be a big huge strike it'll be a
lot of little mini strikes might happen
so for example i want to go to the
temple of zeus right now i can't because
they're on strike just today from 8
until 11. and the strikes here i mean
they may affect you or they may not but
the thing is they're usually not in big
durations and stuff like that so it
doesn't hurt tourism so much but it
might just be some little annoyances so
don't be surprised if you have those
little strikes another don't i have for
you going on for that is don't let the
strikes and protests that you've seen on
tv and television kind of keep you from
visiting athens it is a cool city with a
lot of great stuff to see like the
temple of zeus and going up the
acropolis the parthenon the museums and
the food and flakka district and
masadaiki and all these places and a lot
of people get turned off because of the
news about athens honestly i've been
here when there's been some protests and
they've shown it on cnn and other places
where it's like making it look like it's
this whole big rubble oh in greece
there's protests we were at the same
square just on the back side of it
getting a coffee and getting a little
donut-like thing here in greece and the
thing is is don't get freaked out about
that but you should pay attention
because there might be a strike on a you
know maybe a taxi line or maybe on the
two or the tram line of the metro line
that might affect you and so if you are
going to be going you know to the
airport and stuff like that you might
want to check into it but we haven't had
really too many issues when we've been
here but there are just these little
tiny tiny things like that you might
want to kind of put put in your mind
when you are here okay another thing i
want to tell you is don't worry about
not speaking greek when you come to
athens it seems like everyone does speak
english here so you will be okay
restaurants hotels everything have
things in greek and english so you'll be
fine with that so don't worry about that
one another thing i would say is don't
drink the tap water it's not necessarily
bad here but i would stick to bottled
water when you are here and you'll see
the locals do that and there's tons of
kiosks around that sell it so pick up
some bottles before you go to bed at
night so you have some bottled water
just to cool off because yes you don't
want to mess with the heat when you're
here as well because it gets extremely
hot in the summer so you do want to be
careful so have your hat your sunglasses
your sunblock because it can be pretty
strong another thing you need to know is
when you come to athens you're going to
do a lot of walking so don't forget some
good walking shoes because going up the
acropolis hill walking around the slick
tiles you see behind me it can be a lot
of walking and really tough on your feet
so don't forget those good walking shoes
another donut i have for you when you
come to greece is make sure you don't
wear like shorts and skirts and tank
tops and stuff when you try to go to
churches because some churches won't let
you in some don't care but you might
want to have a heads up with that one
some of the don'ts i have for you is if
you are going to be going through the
markets and stuff like madison ikea
placa don't feel pressured to buy things
look there's a lot of high pressure
sales people here and towels that try to
get you into restaurants get you into
shops get you to buy stuff you might not
want don't get over pressured by them
because a lot of stores have very
similar things so you might want to try
different prices when you are there and
go look at other different stores so
don't feel that you have to be pressured
into doing stuff so be careful for that
so another don't we have for you when
you are at the markets and stuff like
that is don't forget to bargain look the
price they give you at first you can
bargain that down a lot of places even
has a price tag and stuff like that and
the thing is you can be like ah they'll
tell you look i'm gonna give you a deal
because you're my friend well you can
even bargain even farther down lower for
that to get even better prices and
another way you can bargain them down
lower is to pay with cash
and i don't i have for you with the cash
kind of thing is don't be surprised if
their credit card machine doesn't work
right now or the system is really busy
because they don't have to pay the
commission if you pay with cash so
you're better just to come with cash if
they give you a deal you say hey and
what if i pay with the cash you can
knock that down even more because don't
be surprised again if that credit card
machine might not work when you're there
when you are here at the acropolis by
the parthenon really be careful don't
mess around because it is you know like
marble floors and marble everywhere and
it is super slick with lots of slick
rocks and not even pavement so do be
careful we saw a few people fall when
they were there and they got some pretty
wicked wicked cuts so do be careful okay
another thing i have for you is yes you
need to go for the parthenon of the
acropolis hill but when you do come here
to athens make sure you do check out the
museums the new acropolis museum is
fantastic the national archaeological
museum is awesome our archaeology museum
is great binaki there's all kinds of
cool museums here in athens so don't
just think oh
i just go to the acropolis and go up
there and that's it no there's some
fantastic museums to check out here so
don't pass up on those
another don't for when you come to
greece is you do get invited to
somebody's house and they offer you food
and they keep offering you food it's
rude to kind of refuse it so i know
you're going to say but i don't want to
eat so much just accept the fact that
you're going to put on some weight when
you come to greece because they will
feed you and feed you and feed you
because that's how the hospitality is
here so another don't for athens is
don't skip out on having lunch or dinner
um in one of the many squares
yeah sometimes it's a little more pricey
in one of these outdoor sort of places
um
and in the tourist areas but
the service is nice and you always have
great views and it's just a nice
atmosphere so
although there might be a little markup
it's usually worth
enjoy
and my last don't for you is don't skip
out on doing some day trips from here in
athens you can use athens as a base
plenty of hotels and places to stay
plenty of restaurants and shopping but
there are some cool day trips to take
and for me the best day trip is taking a
trip to delphi and you go there and see
where the oracle delphi was and you can
see all the ruins there and this really
cool day trip that you can do so
definitely worth checking that one out
but my favorite day trip is to naflio
it's about like two hours from here but
it's such a beautiful little city and
just spending a day there is like
incredible walk around the square there
oh my god it's really romantic too
it is i just did i didn't say naphill
first because it's a little bit farther
away but you can get there easily i've
been there before you can hike up to the
fortress on the top of the hill it's a
lot of steps but it's well worth it for
the views and stuff but there are some
really good day trips from here anyway i
hope this helped you know what not to do
when you do come to athens it's well
worth visiting don't let the news or
protests or whatever scare you away this
place is a cool place to check out with
fantastic sites like the parthenon
acropolis hill wonderful museums like
the nash archaeology museum and more and
food and people and all kinds of great
stuff so i hope you do come have a great
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