Itisallgreek2me

48 hours into my Athens visit and I am well settled into what is the Eilissos Theatre during winter months and an Airbnb for the remainder of the year. A really cool space with artwork on the walls and the cutest little courtyard. My bed is in the stage area with a piano. The only drawback is that it is in close proximity to a very busy road. Day and night the traffic noise is unrelenting.

I have spent much of the past 2 days strolling around central Athens… Syntagma, Monasteraki, Plaka and the Acropolis areas. Many of the archeological sites which used to be free entry are now charging admission. Since I have pretty much visited them all over the years, I have decided to view from the outside looking in and I’m surprised at just how much I can see.

Walked by the Odeon of Herodes Atticus where I will be at the Jethro Tull concert mid June. Other places of note which are all in my photographs… Hadrian’s Arch, The Stadium, The Zappeion, Tower of the Winds, Parliament with the Evzones and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, National Gardens and the Flea Market. Went up to the 5th floor of a building to look down on and photograph Syntagma Square.

I remember how Athens was when I lived here in the early 1970’s… it has changed in so many ways but you know, I’m still captivated by it! The little periptera, or kiosks/newsagents where you can buy just about anything. Street sellers, street musicians… the latter have me under their spell.

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