random photos athens, I

Parliament building (formerly the castle) at Syntagma square - the place where "everything begins" when arriving in Athens.

First food encounter - not impressed. Vegetarian spinach stew with way too much dill and salt. Dry bread. Soggy fries. And a sugaroverload cake thing.

Hadrian's arch, symbolic gate of the city

Acropolis seen from the temple of Zeus garden, the grass is filled with clover with a lovely fragrance

Temple of Zeus

One of too many stray dogs - which will have their very own blog post. Of course.

The scent of Athens - orange blossoms, these at the national garden

The pretty Zappeion conference centre opposite the national garden

First glimpse of the tomb of the unknown soldier guarded by the Evzones - more of that later, from dog's point of view

My fondest food memory from Athens - the divine fresh fruit juices

Too much of the cheap touristy trinkets in old township Plaka

Acropolis even has its own subway station

My random impressions of Athens in words can be found in this post