Acropolis by Moonlight
Fred now suggested that we go and survey the Acropolis by (full) moonlight. We went into Athens and up to the Acropolis but 15 Drax entrance so we went off that. Set off for Mount Lycabettus, about 3km NE of the Acropolis, after taking shot of the Propylaea (monumental gateway at the west end of the Acropolis, designed by the architect Mnesicles and constructed in 437-432 BC), but saw good view looking over Herod's theatre, stopped and "snapped". We then decided that the Hill of the Muses might be a better place, so we went up there in the dark and took shots with 100mm lens which had exposures of 150 to 200 sec! Thence to Plaka for souvlaki and look at life. Got to bed at sinful hour of 1:30.
Finally woke at 10:00 and got up at 10:30. Breakfast of melon and bread and jam/honey. Examination of rear lights revealed that near side double filament bulb was in at 90o to correct orientation, thus shorting the two circuits. Correct orientation then revealed that the side light filament has died, a new bulb is called for. Also, the non-functioning of the reversing light is because it is not connected to anything. Then it was deemed to be retsina and lunch time (very good this goat cheese with tomato).
Fred came over and the conversation turned to Christmas pud (unusually). Fred said that we had our priorities wrong, and that we should repair the heater. This was made task for the afternoon and after sawing the heater pipe in half and soldering (courtesy of Fred and our cooker) the holes up it was found to be waterproof and getting hot, though we have no (heater) fan and no means of turning the heater off and on.
After a whole afternoon's labour, until dark, we went off with Fred and Daisy to the Pelican Restaurant on the sea front here (it contains a stork that is stoutly maintained to be a pelican despite several attempts at conversion by more knowledgeable people). We had marida (little fish like large white bait) with tomato salad and chips and particularly good it was, it was even hot! The Greeks do eat like pigs, and they do not like dogs, how can they possibly ever become great again? They bring their mouths down to their food. We also had a litre of retsina and three bottles of soda and the total bill for four was 95 Drax. When we got home Pud Pud behaved admirably and was rewarded with a couple of fishes. Jeremy, R, Jane and Sue were cooking and eating hamburgers, using our reconditioned stove! We joined them for coffee. It's already 12:30am so even tonight bedtime is quite late.
