Day 12: Athens

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A chance to re-visit the Temple of Athena at Delphi before the drive back to Athens. The sanctuary of Athena Pronea was particularly important as people coming to ask for an oracle would first offer a sacrifice at the Athena Pronea, the guardian of Pythia.

H: Cant believe it’s the penultimate day😟. Am thinking I should just call M at Explore for a chat. Wouldnt it be a hoot if she did come on the trip😆
K: we’d all  have a good giggle.. she may have to share with Carol!
K: I’m lloking forward to a bit of athenuan  pot banging tonight.
H: Good job u packed your Georgian spoon 😁

  • K: ooops sorry I’m late, after our stroll to athena I popped down to Hellenic Post to send my dad some Greek chocolate, being as he’s at risk and not supposed to go out.. took longer than I thought, everyone queuing 2ms apart.
  • K: Athens here we come.. flea market and all that..
  • H: Do u remember to post your postcard to him and chris & sue?
  • K: yes did that as well. 😉
  • H: 👍

Monastiraki Flea Market where you can buy souvenirs, depictions of different monuments of Ancient Greece, garments, extra virgin olive oil, organic products, accessories and leather products

  • H: Look what J bought at the flea market 😯
  • K: 😂 😂 Omg 😱
  • H: Do u think she’ll put it in her hand luggage tomorrow?
  • K: Well make sure she doesn’t, can’t have one of those being confiscated by a Greek customs official. lesson learned!

  • K: bumped into Ilias in the market, haven’t seen him for years.. apparently he’s normally selling honey 🍯 on the roadside up in tbe mountains near Macedonia bbut has ventured down to Athens to pick up a new hive or two.. gave me a large jar of his scummy bee sick. think scummy should be 😋
  • H: That will go nicely with my yoghurt 😁
  • K: hey.. hands off its mine! 😂
  • H: Think we should nip in here ……
  • K: BTW.. just had an email from Stelios.. he’s delivering my missing pj top tmrw.. typical.. can finally cover my top half and its time to go 🏡
  • K: Turkey! isn’t the border closed..
  • H: 😆 I’m waiting to hear back from stelios about my delivery🙄
  • K: this is were I was thinking of heading
  • H: That was what I was trying to find 😆🤣😋
  • H: Thanks for an entertaining 2 weeks. Same again next year 😁
  • J: And wasn`t H great with her being so very informative. I was decidedly lax in doing all my classical research, ere setting off from home, so it is great that H took the time and trouble because it really has enhanced my enjoyment of all the sights….well, that and the ouzo, of course!
  • J: Oh, and not to mention all the fantastic food that we have found so irresistible. The feta here is so much nicer than the crap that they export to the UK. They obviously keep back all the  best stuff for themselves, the sensible Greeks.
  • K: Well I think that j will be deserting us for a cultural last night. there’s a Greek tradegy, Iphigenia in Aulis, playing at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus.

  • K: fancy going to the football after the pot banging? panathinaikos are playing man u in the europeba cup. they seem to be the exciting team to follow.
  • H: 😆 but as a liverpool fan I would have to support panathinaikos.
  • K: so would I! when in Greece!
  • H: Whilst ur watching your greek tragedy I’m going to the university. Pythagoras is lecturing on metempsychosis tonight
  • K: 😂 🤣😍🤣
  • K: too big!  the words! look like we’re all going our separate ways on our last night.. Will make for an interesting chatter on the flight back tomorrow.
  • J: I’ve been enjoying all the balcony singing and dancing during the evening
  • K: Yes the Georgian spoons been out! Thursdays the same all over the world!
  • H: Where did to say Js heading?
  • K: the Odeon of heredos Atticus, Greek tragedy!
  • H: Oh, only I just heard her say that she was jollying along to the Aegean centre of fine arts to give a life drawing course
  • K: ooo la la. my my..  might add another meaning to tonight’s stifado!

  • H: 🤣  I’ll meet u in the hotel bar later
  • K: OK 😎. not much point staying in the TV remote has broken! 💔 Football was nuts, you missed a treat. 👊⚽🧨
  • H: Lovely view of the acropolis. Cheers🥂
  • K: beautiful, to think we trudged our way up there on day 1, past all those starving cats in search of a sausage.  bright colours from painted houses and flowers were nice. glad we came in spring and looking forward to our next visit. so 😔 to b going home tmrw 😢
  • H: The time has flown by. Back to normality tomorrow 😆.
  • K: for you yes, but I have a long journey home.. train should get me back by 3.30 🤞. the off to collect the mad 🐶.. life will not be simples til Sunday.. 😆
  • H: Bill will be pleased to see you 😁. He’ll be looking for his ball I’ve no doubt 😆
  • K: him and that bloody ⚽! 😂
  • K: anyhow… normality? 😴 😷🤧💩😫🤒👏🏻🙃💇‍♀️💇‍♀️🚶‍♀️🏃‍♀️🕺🎪 🙈🙉🙊 we had fun, here’s to next year’s escapade..
  • H: It’s been an entertaining and informative trip. Good to finally saw some of the places I had read about. And pleased to see that J hasn’t suffered any accidents. Although she has apparently got v sore knees. a result of the cycling she had to do to get the stripper to reveal all
  • K: and a bad back from pushing that rock up hill, sore legs from the 200m. oh and her cut finger from the plate smashing.. at least no headbanging incidents to date..
  • K: and lots of ouzo heads. 🤕 🤕

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