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16.-23. March 2002

Athens

Henning Nielsen
2005-09-21 17:52:51

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Saturday March 16'th

Dinos was "technical responisible" for this trip. They had booked a place on the plane from Olympic Airways - and booked a hotel room at Hotel Arethusa right in the center of Athens

So all I had to take care of was the train to Kastrup - get on-board a little more than half-full Olympic-airwais plane, get out in the all new airport in Athens - build for the olympics coming on - and then take an airport-bus til Syntegma, the central place in Athens. From there it's a short walk to the hotel - and here I was.

Some kind of carnival was going on around here. In the evening you could "enjoy" the local folklore at Syntegma. You can say a lot about greek music - but it's certainly different.....

Sunday March 17'th

I get up pretty early to take a closer look at Athen. Today mainly some traditional sigths.

First sight is the local market at Monastiraki. It's a short walk from the hotel. The open up early - and is the reason why I got up so early.

It's close to an area know as the "tyrkish bazar", s? there are a lot of things going on. Whether you actually buy anything, I'm not sure about - but at least you have the chance. A lot of so-called "antiques" are for sale, and copys of figures and pots seems to be highly valued.

From Monastiraki I walk to the parliement. A crowd has gathered to watch the changing of the guard. I skipped that - and headed for another Athens-must-see - Acropolis

Whether this balloon-guy was up early - or late to bed - I'm not sure about. But the picture is taken on Ermou early sunday morning. It's the greek parliement in the background.

The walk to Acropolis is best done through the old part of town known as Plaka. All you have to do ...