Travel, Interior Decoration, Photography and Food

This final part of post on Athens covers various part of the ancient city including morning up to midnight scenes. Not much texts will be posted here.......enjoy the adventure :-) Koulouri, the plain, sesame- or sunflower seed studded circular bread is the preferred breakfast of many Athenians. Each bread cost at Euro 0.50. This is not a soft bread, so make sure you have a strong tooth. A stall selling koulouri Two types of koulouri, sesame- and sunflower seed- studded circular bread Fruit stalls at the Monastiraki Square An antique shop at further Ermou street (near Monastiraki) A shop specialised on chairs at further Ermou street (near Monastiraki) The modern shopping high street of Athens at Ermou The Athens Flea Market, the main entrance from Monastiraki Square The olive tree, signature of Greece The junction between Amalias and V. Olgas with a view of Lycabetus Hill Late afternoon open air tea break Al fresco dining, th

Syntagma square and the Parliament House of modern Athens The 2nd part of the journey in Athens was started at the Panathinaikon Stadium (Kalimarmaro). I walked through several main roads from Vassilis sis Olgas (location of Zappeion), turned to Amalias up to Syntagma Square, the continued to Panespistimiou (Academy of Athens, University of Athens and National Library). The 'U' shaped Panaithinaikon stadium Zappeion Exhibition and Congress Hall, surrounded by the National Garden The Parliament Building and the Tomb of Unknown Soldier, at Syntagma Square The Evzones (guard) or Tsoliades of the President at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier, with red clogs and pompoms A unique marching style that can only be seen only in Athens On the way to the next three main neoclassical building, if you turn your view to far left you will see the National History Museum at a street called Stadiou. The National History Museum of Athens A Statue at the s

The Monastiraki Square with the Old Mosque and Metro Station, far in the background is the Acropolis. Only photos from Acropolis and Agora are shared in this 1st part of post on Athens. Other photos will be posted in the next writing up, Part II and III. Greece located on the southern side of the Europe and a neighbour to Albania, Bulgaria, Macedonia and Turkey. From the Athens International Airport, the metro line is directly connected to the Monastiraki Station within 40 minutes journey and priced at Euro 8 one way. Location of Athens and Greece A view of the old city of Athens from the top Areopagus (Ares Rock) A view from Areopagus, below is Plaka, the old city and far background is Lycabetus Hill Morning sun shines the Lycabetus Hill (far background), Plaka (below) and Acropolis (right) The National Observatory of Athens at Pnika A bit of introduction on to Athens. She is the capital city of Greece and is very famous for its Acropolis. She began as