On Friday we did the things we had planned on doing a day
earlier. In the morning we headed to the post office to send out some
postcards, however, it was so crowded that we decided not to wait in the line
and to go to the metro station, which was actually open this time. The way from
Omonia Square to the station closest to Acropolis didn't take long, but it was
still nice not to walk the distance for once. Hah.
We entered to the Acropolis area from the South Slope. We
walked around and saw the theater of Dionysos, as well as the theater of Herod
Atticus, and a whole lot of rocks. Hah. We kept on walking upwards all the
time, and finally reached the top. There we saw the Parthenon and the
beautiful, yet cloudy, view of Athens.
The weather wasn't very good during our trip. The sun shined
only for a few hours on the last day, and other than that it was just gloomy.
At least it didn't rain much, we had to use the umbrellas only once, I think.
However, I believe the whole city would have been more beautiful if the sun was
shining more.
Once again, it was time to look for a restaurant. This time
it was easier to find a nice one, as we weren't really in the tourist areas. We
ended up eating pasta at a nice restaurant next to the Syntagma Square. After
eating we were supposed to go see some other places included in the ticket to
visit Acropolis, but unfortunately, they were closed already.
Instead of that we walked on some streets and visited a few
stores, but still found nothing to buy. Surprisingly, it was difficult to find
a nice café again, so we ended up going to the same one we visited on the first
evening in Athens. The café is lovely even though it was Italian. Haha. They
offered some Greek Christmas style biscuits for free, and they were delicious!
We decided to taste two different type of cakes/pies along with coffee. For me
it was difficult to decide which one was better, as one was sweet and the other
one wasn't. :)
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