Port of Call: Piraeus (Day 5)

We entered the port of Piraeus with clear blue skies and pleasant weather welcoming us. Piraeus is one of the largest ports of the Mediterranean and one of the busiest in the world. 21 million passengers, 26,000 ships, 6 million tons of general cargo and 1.4 million of containers pass through each year. It is certainly one of the crucial points of the Greek capital.
Piraeus roughly means "the place over the passage". It is approximately 45 - 60 minutes ride to Athens. The train station is about 15-20 minutes walk from the port.
And so we disembarked and started walking to the train station. We looked back and saw that there were tour buses waiting for those who signed up for organized/guided tour. But there were a lot of people like us who wanted to visit Athens on their own.
It was indeed a lovely day. It was a pleasant day to walk; I wouldn't have minded just walking around this city. At the far end of this road, there were a lot of taxis waiting for cruisers. While we always wanted to take the train and we had done our homework and how to do Athens on our own via the train, husband out of blue asked one of the drivers how much to Athens. The driver quoted something that was a bit high. Hubs countered with a more manageable number and the driver surprisingly agreed! See it never hurt to ask, right?
Even though the price quoted was manageable, we asked the couple nearest us if they wanted to share a cab, just because. My husband is Mr. Congeniality, did I forget to mention that? So it was easy for him to approach total strangers and strike up a conversation. Here though, he approached the right couple who agreed to the price. Imagine splitting the price four ways? That was better than taking the train, seriously.

And because the couple are also on the same cruise with us, we chatted throughout the drive. And can you believe that me Ms. Drive By Shooting could only manage to shoot this one the entire length of the drive? Of course the driver took to the highway and there wasn't anything to photograph out there.
Thankfully my husband captured this adorable architecture (church?) when the cab entered Athens.

I had arrived in Athens and pretty soon would be walking the same road as the Greek gods and goddesses :D