Rounding Out the Trip

As our trip comes to a close, we’ll head back to Athens for a night, awaiting our 4:50 am flight back to the US (sick, right?!). Since we arrive back in Athens at noon that day (plenty of time to spend further exploring the city), but leave at such an obnoxious hour, we struggled a bit with where to stay. We looked at two options near the airport (the Holiday Inn Attica Avenue
and the Sofitel Athens Airport), but decided against both, and ended up back at the Athens Gate(for now…I’m still not 100% positive about this decision. Any feedback out there?).

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The upside to this absurd flight time is that we will get an extended layover in Amsterdam—just enough time to peruse the city and get a tiny taste of the city.

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Amsterdam was originally on our itinerary as stopover on our trip, but the silly airline seems to be rearranging flight schedules daily (booo!), so we couldn’t get the schedule we wanted a reasonable price. :( So, for now, our short layover will have to do, and we’ll definitely plan on returning sometime very soon to really dive into the city.

And that, my friends, concludes our brief trip outline. :) I cannot wait for May. :)

Brilliant!

In case you haven't heard, there's a new type of airport hotel on the block. An airport hotel in the airport. Yep, that's right. The Yotel, located at London's Heathrow & Gatwick airports and soon to be located at Amsterdam's Schiphol, is a hotel where cabins (supposedly comparable to a cruise cabin) with plush beds and rain showers can be rented by the hour for your travelling convenience.

How fabulous would this be if you had a long layover at Heathrow or an absurdly early morning flight. What could be more convenient than being located right at the airport?

Rooms are pretty affordable, as well--especially by London standards. I used an upcoming flight situation (I come in on one flight at 7:30 at night, and my connecting flight doesn't leave until 4:30 am the next morning) and came up with about 59 pounds for a premium room (a queen sized bed--singles and twins with bunk beds are also available). When you factor in the convenience factor, necessary cab fares to another airport hotel, etc, you have a heck of a deal!

Sorry for the crappy quality pictures, but hop over to the website to find out more. :)