I have arrived in Athens, Greece! From the airport I got straight onto the underground metro, and the first thing I saw upon arrival was this beautiful Orthodox Cathloic Church. It is Easter here for Orthodox Cathloics and from the church came these very loud and very deep voices singing, what seemed like, very old songs. They were the kind that are a bit sad sounding and eerie, but beautiful nonetheless.
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| First thing I saw when I arrived. |
After a nap my host, Panos, took me out walking around the historic ancient Athens, an area called Plaka, which encircles the Acropolis.
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| Exploring Plaka in Athens, Greece |
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| Exploring Plaka in Athens, Greece - The Acropolis |
We then met up with two of Panos' friends, Theo and Gina, for dinner. They took me to a cafe and we sat outside and sampled a bit of everything, all of us sharing food, Greek family style. The food was excellent! While we were eating a small parade of people walked through the street chanting songs to celebrate Easter.
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| Exploring the streets of Athens at night. |
After dinner we walked around Plaka some more before going to an outdoors bar for a drinki - in my case soda. Then we headed home. Quite a nice first day.
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| My new Greek friends. |
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