01 June 2008

Athens

After a very quick and spontaneous decision dating back to the beginning of April, I landed in Athens last week. I spent lovely days and nights there thanks to my two friends I visited!
I like to listen to the Greek language, but there is just something wrong with the combination of sounds and accents, so that my brain is unable to keep the words... I had almost 3 days to learn how to say "Thank you", which is something like "Ephgaristo", if I didn't mistake it for another thingy... again. But there is a word I remember for sure and that is: Acropolis!

I didn't take that picture, can you notice? :)
The theater in front of it:
Panoramic view:
They have some strange habits though... (yeah, I contributed to the tree's final design)

...but this is not one of them... the food is delicious! I think the name of this is "yalanci dolma", which is interestingly also the Turkish name for it! That is usually eaten with a lot of yogurt!

All time favorite sports: bird scaring followed by ignoring of agitated bird-loving older people. It's fun. Try it.

Soldiers in front of the memorial for the "nameless" soldiers. Looked like a hard job... they are not allowed to speak or move, after they go back to the little shelter which you can see on the right.
The evil eye...The mandatory day at the beach...

The port: xyz limani :)
I think that's the place where the gay dudes used to do naked sports, right? or was that back in the 450's B.C? :)
Shopping at night

Traditional colorful shoesand restaurants... mhmmmmm

Thanks for showing me around and being so generous and welcoming, my friends!


"If you love something set it free, if it comes back then it's yours, if it doesn't then it was never meant to be" - apparently a Chinese proverb.