Wednesday 20th
When I eventually got out of the hostel, I caught a trolley bus to Sintagma Sq.
and left the pack at Fillenilon St at the Eurolines office. I then went to the
National Gardens and was accosted by three female Greek Jehovah’s Witnesses,
two of whom could speak English. I suppose the other one spoke Swahili and
Sanskrit to cover possibilities. The Gardens are near the temple of Olympian
Zeus (30th May), so from there I went to the Plaka district, looking
at the souvenir shops. One fellow invited me in for the special 50% off all
marked prices – the items were marked double that of the same items elsewhere
(mostly), so I bought everything in the shop, I couldn’t resist such a bargain.
But I walked around and went to the telephone exchange to call home, but other
people had been waiting two hours for calls to the USA and Oz, so I didn’t.
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| A shop n the Plaka district, thanks to Matt Barrett |
I
went to a dozen or so banks to buy sterling, but no, so I bought guide books
for Mycenae and Knossos instead (300ΔΡX), and wrote a quick postcard home to
use up my last Grecian stamps.
Some kids came up to me while I was sitting writing and started cleaning
my boots. They wanted 500 (005 written backwards on the kid’s hand) for the
service, but I gave them 50 and 50. Then I went up to the Eurolines office; the
bus left at 2.00, went to the bus station staying there for a while for some
unknown reason, and took ages to get out of Athens. Eyes started stinging
because of the cigarette smoke. Picked up an Englishman, Steve Firth, in
Thessalonika late at night.
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