The Athens Central Market was nearby so that's where we started the day. I was expecting a bunch of random stuff but really the main purpose of the market was to sell food. This included a massive section of meat. Lots and lots of meat. I've never seen so many guys dressed in white with smears of blood on them.
From there we headed down to the Monastiraki area where we booked a cruise for tomorrow then went sight seeing. The tickets we bought for the Acropolis also gave us entry into the Ancient Agora. This was the old economic centre of ancient Athens. It was alright. More ruins really. I tried another handstand photo with the Parthenon here, as it had a better view than the other spot the other day. Fearing that there were more handstand police around, we decided to leave with the photo.
The hotel wasn't that far away, so we took a pleasant walk through the streets of Athens. Passed through the shopping district, a few famous landmarks and a political demonstration that blocked off the streets (and apparently the Metro as well according to the folks). Lunch involed some more pita gyros, as they're awesome.
The rest of the day involved bumming around in the hotel, catching up on bits and pieces - like blogging... It's good to do that from time to time to chill out. We went to dinner and got hassled by the walking sales men. Including some from earlier in the day, we counted 11 that we had to wave off.
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