Sunday, October 27, 2013

Trip to Greece : Day 9, Athens, Monastiraki and Agora



Breakfast at hotel. 

Around  Monastiraki Square.



Found flea market and antique shops in Monastiraki on the way to Ancient Agora. Stuff at Flea market/shops are either junk or expensive looking. Fun to watch, but no appetite for shopping.   People watching was more fun!






A male cat named Kefailos(?) sat on my lap at the entrance of an old print store. I said sorry about blocking the entrance, but the store owner kept smiling and said it’s beautiful. 


And more cats. We're lucky to meet them when flea market people fed them.



Ancient Agora. Another hot day in ruins. 

Museum. 
 Temple of Hephaestus. Liked the temple more than Acropolis. Nice relief with pigeons and grass.





 
Back to Monastiraki square and had a yummy pizza bread and a can of Amstel beer at a bakery. Young people in black T-shirt (found out later that they're anarchists) gathered at a corner of the square, putting banners, playing pop-rock music from speaker. More men than women, but still seemed like more women than other crowd I saw in Greece. Several cops were present, but seemed peaceful. 
 

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