February 28 - Market Day

Every neighbourhood has a different day of the week for their farmers market. The day for our neighborhood called Koukaki is Friday so we began our day by going to the neighborhood market. We bought 3 lemons for .30, 6 kilos (over 13 lbs) of juice oranges for 2 euros about $3. We also bought bright red tomatoes and a cucumber and strawberries that were so...oo good. We wanted shrimp but there was only one fisherman with fresh shrimp, and they were small and the same price (about $5 lb) as the bigger ones at the central market so we will go there. Octopus seems to be the most common fish around. We will have to read up on how to cook it. Also, we need to find recipes for goat, preferably curried. There is a limited amount of pots and pans in the kitchen. When we arrived, the owner told us that we are his longest staying clients so far.

Old church in the Monastiraki section

Shrimp and squid in a cone for lunch

We spent the afternoon geocaching in the area before going to buy some shrimps and spinach at the central market for our pasta supper.

Roman Agora

Tower of the winds and the Acropolis

After bringing the shrimps to the apartment we went for what we thought was going to be a short hike. We ended up climbing a hill where we were compensated by a beautiful view of the city. That short hike ended up giving me 10,000 extra steps a lot of them uphill. So, I guess it was worth it.

Up the hill we go

Astronomical Tables of Ptolemy covered in graphity