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The National Archeological Museum was in a less touristy area, as evidenced by the more ambitious scale of the graffiti (1). The building was a neoclassical re-interpretation of a Greek temple done by a German architect (2). Its vast collection housed artifacts dating back to 5000 BC. Included in the blur of things we saw were sculptures of Aphrodite (3), remnants of colossal statuary (4), a bronze of Zeus (or possibly Poseidon) (5), the gold death-mask of Agamemnon (6), a group of Aphrodite, Eros, and a Satyr (7), the gold repoussé Vaphio cups (8), and that funky clay thing that inspired the mascots of the 2004 Olympics (9).
Five hours later we were sitting oustide in a patch of shade, drinking water and I popped some pill Tree gave me. Sure, she said it was Ibuprofen. We had lunch at Baba Gianni’s, a very nice place where we pointed to a few dishes and they gave us full servings of everything. We stumbled out some time later carrying our leftovers in a take-out container but lacking utensils. We planned to head down to Parliament to see the changing of the guard. We stopped in to the hotel (10) to put the food in the fridge and since we’d have to wait nearly an hour for the next ceremony, Tree suggested a nap. This was just after three PM. Me: “Tree, it’s six PM.” Tree: Indistinct mumble Me: *Goes back to sleep.* We got up around nine PM and ate cold lemon pork and seafood rice using the toothpicks Tree smuggled from the restaurant as chopsticks. I took some time to try and to catch up on recording everything we’d done so far before I forgot it (11). < previous | index | next > |
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