The next morning began with breakfast at the hotel
which put Suzanne
and me
into a good mood as we went back for more
and then noted the location of the afternoon's lecture
before beginning our walk about town passing the New Acropolis Museum
and going to the Plaka where for a moment, I thought Dimitris meant shoes
until I realized that it was the proprietor's name.
We continued our walk through the Plaka
and then came onto Syntagma Square where we saw the first signs of protest
and this poorly executed grafitti
as we continued through the protest signs in the square
and then the changing of the guard
and another sign of protest
while the police shields were on display though I chose (under wise counsel from Suzanne) to not take pictures of the cadre of police getting off their bus and preparing to grab shields.
After the obligatory phone booth picture
we sat in the park in Kolonaki and watched the pigeons
before heading off to the Cycliadic Museum where Suzanne waited
until Dimitri showed up and we discovered that both this museum and the Benaki were closed
and so we had a cup of coffee and then headed off across the national gardens past the turtles
until we passed this sign of protest en route to our hotel
and from our hotel
to the New Acropolis Museum
where we could photograph the excavation below the museum from the outside
but could take no photos inside until we reached a balcony and could capture views of the Parthenon
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of me
of the two of us reflected in the window
and of Suzanne
not to mention the pigeon
and Lycabetus hill
the Pathenon
and the view to the area below
as people milled in front of the entrance
and we made our way back to the hotel and noted that there would be a taxi strike the next day which was inconvenient since we needed an early taxi to the port.
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