Can recommend travelling with a limp and a walking stick! I was ushered through Athens airport Fast Track security (but not at Heathrow!) and young women offered me their seats on the Athens Metro. On the other hand, a shopkeeper said I looked like an old Greek man :(
Last day in Athens
Parko Navarinou
Retsina at the Acropolis Museum🍷
Kerameikos Cemetery Reliefs
Photo I:
A relief of the deceased girl Korallion, shown seated, holding out her hand to her husband. Grave enclosure of the Herakleotai, Street of the Tombs.
Ca. 350 B.C.
Photo II:
A relief of the deceased girl Eukoline, shown with her parents, her grandmother and her dog. Found near the Sacred Way.
Ca. 350 B.C.
Photo III:
Grave relief of Demetria and Pamphile.
The inscription beneath the pediment gives the names of the two dead sisters.
The women, remote and isolated, gaze apathetically at the spectator. They are already in another, transcendental world, far from the things of this life. The pilasters of the naiskos have been restored. It is one of the last tomb stones made before the law passed by Demetrios of Phaleron prohibiting the erection of luxurious tomb monuments.
Ca. 325-310 B.C.
I was very impressed with the ancient cemetery site of Kerameikos in Athens today.
The small museum is excellent and I found the “handshake” reliefs from the cemetery particularly moving. They show the deceased, usually seated, bidding farewell to the living.
Hobbling around the Temple of Hephaestus.
Just visited Athens Gasworks. We were practically the only people there ;)
Fava and aubergine salad at Café Avissinia.
Arrived in Athens for a five day stay. In quite a ‘budget’ area but found a little cafe down an arcade that served some great fried seafood dishes and wine at €3 a litre :)
Epidavros Hotel
Koumoundourou 14, Athina 104 37, Greece
Happy Death of Captain Cook! I know it seems to gets more commercialized every year, but let’s just remember what today is really about, which is the death of Captain Cook.
Villa beat the Blues to win the local derby and go up to second place in the Championship Aston Villa 2-0 Birmingham City ⚽️
Out of Order.
Really enjoyed England vs Wales 🏉 today. Result for England was just about deserved, Jonny May was superb, but weather was atrocious!
