It’s all Greek

It’s all Greek: mousaka, souvlaki, giros, spaghetti Napoli; or at least these were some of the items listed in the traditional Greek cuisine section of the menu at the restaurant we ate at tonight. And we’ve eaten all of them (except the spaghetti) since arriving in Athens yesterday.

The streets are abuzz with noise but fortunately there has been no sign of the civil unrest that has featured on recent news reports. This is especially good as unlike the TV in Turkey there been no CNN or BBC world news at our hotel (we could have watched McLeod’s Daughters though).

So far we have wandered the streets of Plaka (the original village that surrounded Acropolis Hill prior to the establishment of Athens), visited the Greek Archaeological Museum and the Ancient Agora to wonder at Hellenic arts and architecture. Tomorrow (Wednesday) we are off to the Acropolis.