Today we caught the noon metro back into Athens and spent another solid day walking around the city. We had already hit most of the sites we wanted to see, so this trip was just to get a better feeling for the city and do some walking around the Athens flea market. It was an incredibly warm day, but that didn't hold us back. We walked for probably around 7 hours straight, cris-crossing the city. Stopped at a little cafe in Athens and sat outside enjoying some good sandwiches as well as a fredocino (basically a better version of a frapacino). We then hiked up the highest hill in Athens and took in the amazing view from the top of the city. Like most large hills, there was a small church called St. George at the top of this one. The view from this hill offered dramatic 360 degree views of the entire city. We rested up their a while and then proceeded to make the trek down.Finally, we headed back to the flea market to make a couple more passes to see if we could find any souvenirs to take back that wouldn't be trinkety. We didn't end up buying anything and decided to hold off until we see what kind of stuff we can get on the islands. After that we sat in one of the many squares in Athens and people watched for an hour or so while the sun went down. We waited until we could get a decent night shot of the Acropolis and then hopped on the metro and headed back home around 9:30. Once we got there, Marcy had made us a great pasta dinner and we ate outside on their veranda at about 11:00. We stated up late into the evening with George and Marcy drinking great wine and discussing philosophy, science, and the curiosity of man.
Once again it was another amazing evening on this trip that I won't soon forget.
