We took the metro to Monastiraki Square where we found the ruins of Hadrian's Library and the ancient Agora -- market -- of Athens. The Agora was overlooked by the large Temple of Hephastos. We kept to the north of the Acropolis and moved through the market on our way to find Savvas, a place that specialized in gyros and souvlaki. Watching them being cooked was almost as good as eating them.
The National Gardens were our next stop. The traffic sounds faded as we stepped under the cover of trees and plants imported by the king from around the world. The heat of the city was forgotten, replaced by the sound of streams and birds. The surrounding neighbourhoods -- the parliament building and president's house -- were rich and bustling with protestors camped before the parliament in rows of tents. Their signs, in every language i could recognize, begged for peace as busloads of policmen descended on the scene.
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