hellbent hikers homers home

day 7  .........Up at 7 bells,coffee,and back on the local transit for a short ride back to Plaka,Hadrians library and Temple of Athena Nike. Just amazing touring these old relics of history.How little the average person knows about the ancient past, but enough of the ruins, it was time to spend hours at Monastiraki,the local market in Athens.Just exploring all of the different shops while trying to navigate the narrow streets was an experience!Angie bought more jewellery,beautiful hand crafted silver with Greeces'two most recognizable symbols,the inverted letter L and the spiral both meaning "eternal life".Plaka is a great area if you want a sitdown meal while listening to traditional music. After a greek salad we were on the metro line to Syntagma Square.We were lucky enough to watch the changing of the guards which was totally bonus cuz we had no idea what time that would take place. The guards wear the strangest uniforms and stand perfectly still for hours. Cute pleated dresses with pointed shoes topped with pom poms did,nt leave us with much confidence in the Greek military force but they were certainly interesting to look at!  OH YA!!!!!!!!    time for spanakopida, the delicious cheese and spinach wrapped in phyllo,  just a quick bite before angie tackles more of these intriquing shops .  Angie has an insatiable appetite for jewellery! "she cant get enough" was my thought as I stared down at my single wedding band.While sitting waiting for angie I spot a 10 euro on the ground. That makes a total of 60 euro found. Not bad!!!!!!! but now I find myself constantly looking down at the ground in hopes of finding more cash but thinking of what a waste. I could conceivably walk by some of the worlds greatest antiquities completely oblivious to them with only the thought in my screwwed up head of searching kilometres of Greek streets looking for petty cash dropped by careless tourists. Krazy Eh? Later were going to have moussaka with ouzo and water. Ya! thats the way you drink it,the water turns it milky. Hours later we were back at Camping Athens for a little tea and internet cafe.We mailed a bunch of postcards. Great stamps with the Parthenon on them,anyway the day was unforgettable. Amazing sights,mouth watering food and friendly people all made this day a travellers dream.