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Souvlaki, Sangria and Sushi

Athens, Greece Day 3

 

Our first stop on our last day in Athens was the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. I didn't realize they had one in Athens, but sure enough there it was. We also happened to arrive just as the changing of the guard was occurring which was pretty cool to see.

Once that concluded, we walked through a nearby park called the National Garden. This park was pretty unique because throughout it were hidden gems such as fountains, a Spanish mosaic, orange trees, a turtle pond, a bird sanctuary, and even a little coffee shop. One regret I have from this trip is not trying one of the oranges from the trees.

After we saw all there was to see in the park, we moved on to Aristotle's Lyceum. I didn't take many pictures here because again, it didn't look like much in pictures, just the bottoms of some old buildings. In person though it was cool to see and read about.

We then walked to the Presidential Palace, but unfortunately it was mostly blocked by trees so I wasn't able to get a good picture of it. From what I could see though, it was a very nice building with a beautiful garden in front of it.

Our next stop was Zeus's Temple. There isn't much left of this site except a couple very large columns, but it was still a very cool place to visit, especially thinking about all of the history that exists there.

The only site we had to pay to see was the Stadium of the first modern Olympic Games (but it was only €2.50 so I couldn't complain). This was a very surreal place to see and walk in. To think this is where the Olympics, such a huge worldwide event, first took place is pretty mind blowing. We climbed to the top and also entered into the area the athletes would have run out of, and walked through a small Olympics museum that had been created inside the stadium. The museum held every Olympic Games poster and torch from every location they had been held in.

After exploring the stadium, we grabbed lunch at a little Greek place. I tried chicken souvlaki, a traditional Greek dish, and it was probably my favorite meal I had in Greece. It came with a tomato and cucumber salad with olive oil and it was delicious. The vegetables in Greece taste so fresh and they pride themselves in their olive oil, which is also very good.

We walked around the shops again after lunch to kill some time and then returned to the rooftop bar where we had the sangria the first day. This time it didn't rain and we were able to enjoy our drinks and the view, with the exception of a monster bee that kept flying around and causing me to fear for my life.

Afterwards we grabbed some gelato just to try it since there were gelato places everywhere. Then we went back to the hostel to rest a bit and wait to get hungry for dinner.

We had been looking forward to having dinner at the sushi place right next to our hostel, but sadly when we got there they were closed early because of the Easter holiday. Thankfully we were able to find another sushi place nearby, so we still got our sushi fix.

After dinner we went back to our hostel and packed up our stuff and tried to get to bed early because we had to get up the next morning at 4am to catch our flight to Santorini (gotta love Ryanair flight times).



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