Between Parkland & Peghot

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After lunch, we decided to wander through the flea market. We were right next to the entrance and really just had a few more hours to kill before we had to meet back for class, so off we went. Now the flea market I was excepting was more of something that we had walked thought earlier on our way to lunch, something very similar to Pikes Place Market, but once we were emerged in the paths I was surprised to find stores that sold commercial good as well as those vendors that sold tourist-like things or more of the hand made, Pike Place Market style goods. It was pretty much anything that you could possible need from paint ball gear, to soccer jerseys, to electronics, to any thing and everything with the “Greece” on it, to even office supplies and home décor, it was all there. We just meandered through the main walkways, looked at stuff, a few of the guys bought worry beads (which are a popular trinket for older men to play with and hold while they are drinking their coffee, playing cars, and just walking around, similar to prayer beads I am told, but used for a complete different reason). 

Then upon exiting the flea market we stumbled into a park. Now the difference in the sights and sounds was almost defining. The flea market, which had been loud, crowded, and busy, now was the complete polar opposite to be we stood then. The quite park where we could hear birds chirping, sit down on benching and relax, as we looked out on to the houses of Athens was where we kept refuge until we decided it was probably time to head back for class. Leaving the park, we again where instantaneously submerged back into the loud, busy, environment of the shops but just that little bit of revitalization moments before made the trek back that much more enjoyable. I couldn’t take my eyes of anything. I wanted to see it all. I felt like I was dropped in a pond of historical building with modern day rising up through the spaces in between. I loved walking around Athens and can’t wait to discover more things like the park and the flea area in the time that we are here.