Little Cheesy Pocket

This was beautiful. Cheese inside, caramel outside...

 

Athens Agora

There are lots of archaeological sites between Monastiraki and the Acropolis. Most of the area is the agora and residential areas. They're being actively excavated. You can walk around in some, but we didn't on this tour.

 

A Nice Drink

We enjoyed lemonade at an art coffee house in the hipster part of Monastiraki. Lemonade was very good, and it was nice to sit in an open area off the street. Art for sale on all the walls, too.

 

Bougatsa

Of all the food tours, the Sunday one was by far the best.  Our first stop was at a bougatsa store. Bougatsa is a puff pastry dough filled with something either sweet or savory. We had both - one with eurocreme and the other with a beef/lamb mixture. Both were excellent, especially since they were fresh and still warm.

 

Little Bits of Street Art

Our final food tour in Athens was our best. It was the Sunday lunch one, and done by the franchise owner.  She is also a chef at a ritzy Athens restaurant and is immersed in food culture. We started off with a walk around the area around Monastiraki Square. There are a bunch of hipster stores and such. Many of them have funky signs and grafitti.

 

Random Church

I wasn't with Andreas when he took these, so I have no idea which church this is. However, it's definitely Greek Orthodox and in Athens.

 

Modern Athens

Photos of the more normal, homey side of Athens.

 

Olympic Stadium

Back in the early 1900's, when the Olympics were revived, the first were held in Athens. This stadium is the one built for that event. It was built on the site of another track used in ancient times and in the manner it would have been built then.

 

Acropolis Views

Andreas took a couple of photo tours when we were in Athens. On the second one, his phone was stolen and it was cut short. But these are from the morning session. Some pretty acropolis photos.

 

Acropolis and a Cat

Ruins with a view of the acropolis. And a cat hanging out.

 

Lunch Type Food

More market food - dolmas, baked cheese, sardines, and souvlaki. All good except the sardines,

 

Cretan Food

One of the stops on the market tour was this tiny Cretan restaurant. It was good, and yes, I do like snails.