Ελληνικα Καλουδια, Ellinika Kaloudia, a lovely little deli behind the Acropolis Museum.
I picked up green olive oil, first of the season from Crete, regarded as the highest quality olive oil. Only one bottle left. Next of the new season olive oil to arrive will be from the Peloponnese
Nearby Little Tree, bookshop and coffee shop, books, food, coffee, craft beer.
Each time I pass by or visit Taresso coffee shop, I think having got this far, I ought to climb Lycabettus Hill. But never go so far as to climb.
Today I decided to climb, even though late in the afternoon.
First, a flight of steps to climb.
Then a dead end. I followed the road around and found myself at St George Lycabettus Hotel. This was where in 2013, Paulo Coelho held a press conference and then at night hosted a party.
Outside the hotel, a path leads up through the lower wooded slops of Lycabettus Hill. A strange wood, pine trees and prickly pear cactus.
Views over Athens unfold as climb up through the wood.
Eventually pass through the wood, now a rocky outcrop to climb with prickly pear cactus.
At the top a church.
I was surprised by the number of people, then realised, there to watch the sun go down.
Following protest by students, a riot by black bloc.
It materialised out of nowhere and as rapidly dispersed. Then Athens returned to normality.
First ATM machines were smashed, then traffic lights, rocks and bombs thrown, bins dragged into the middle of the street ad set ablaze.
Why the riot I do not know. There certainly was a lot of anger and seemingly mindless violence. This a country that has been brutally destroyed by EU. When I tell people the garbage that is spouted by supporters of EU in England they start laughing.
Report from Reuters false on several counts
I was in the middle of it. There were no riot police. They held back. It was not students, it was black bloc.
A big rally in Athens against changes to university entrance requirements.
One student said it would make it much harder to get into university.
If look to England, fourth rate universities bums on seats businesses churning out graduates with worthless degrees, then maybe no bad thing.
On the other hand, with youth unemployment at 60%, no future thanks to EU, then maybe not so good.
The protest was aimed at the government not the EU.
Protest was then followed by a riot by black bloc. It was not a riot by the students as incorrectly reported by Reuters.
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