Massive day in Athens today, after I finished my sleep in of course. When I left the hotel this morning, I headed straight for the Parthenon. Unfortunately, for the Parthenon, I had to access it via Monestiraki and the Athens flea market, which caught my attention for about an hour. I walked towards the Acropolis, actually trying to find a way up, that wasn't son steep. I stopped myself and thought, you idiot, Acropolis means literally, high city, there is ...

So now here I was alone in the great white city that was Athens, I would be here on my own for four days. So when I left my tour group that afternoon I headed into my hotel and dropped my stuff off in my room and headed out to do some exploring. I charged out into the darkening streets and by sheer fluke I'm sure, managed to run right into the famous Athens flea markets, which I had been longing to visit. Unfortunately they were almost about to close up so I cont...