Tuesday, May 5
Siena and I got up early and left the house with Despina, as she was on her way to work. We took a bus from a bus stop one block from her house and headed towards Athens. The night before she had given us hand-written notes on which buses to take and where, and which metro trains as well. She got off the bus soon after we got on, and we continued to the end of the line: the Ethniki Amyna metro stop. From there, we hopped on the metro to the Akropoli metro stop. From there, we walked around and saw many of the ruins. Luckily, the day was partly sunny and made it a beautiful day to do a lot of walking and take pictures.
We visited:
- Temple of Olympian Zeus
- Hadrian's Arch
- Theatre of Dionysos
- Odeon of Herodes Atticus
- The Parthenon and other Temples on the Acropolis
- Areopagus Hill
- Church of the Apostles of Solakis
- Stoa of Attalos and surrounding ruins
Along the way, we stopped at a restaurant and ate outdoors with a view of the Acropolis from our table. There were several birds flying around (pigeons, mourning doves, etc.) and some even jumped on our table while we were eating!
We continued our walking tour and made our way to the Monastiraki metro stop and headed back to Pallini. We got home after 5pm and took a 3-hour nap around 6pm. We woke up in time for dinner and essentially went back to bed. For some reason, I wasn't able to sleep right after my shower and I ended up staying awake on the internet until about 1am.
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