We had a leisurely morning. Eventually we got organized and walked around the national garden. It was very pretty but there weren’t a lot of flowers, mostly forested areas and even a few animals, birds and sheep, in cages.
Next Rick wanted to walk by a couple of neoclassical building we had driven by the day before on our city tour with Nina. Here are some pictures.
At this point we were hungry so we walked over to a cute place we had seen the night before. We had very nice lunch at a cafe that was on stairs up the hill to the Acropolis.
After lunch I wanted to go to the Ancient Agora and everyone else was feeling jet lagged so they went back to the apartment. While the Acropolis was the ceremonial showpiece, the Agora was the real heart of ancient Athens. It was the hub of all commercial, political, and social life in Athens from approximately 600BC until 267AD. Most of it is rubble with the exception of a rebuilt stoa, an ancient shopping mall. I listened to Rick Steves audio tour which really helped create an image of what it would have looked like 2,500 years ago. Here are some pictures.
I walked back to the apartment and everyone was either napping or relaxing. That evening we walked to the market bought a couple of pizzas for dinner. After the pizza we played our first game of dominoes.