October 4, 2009 Sunday.Weather: Sunny

Route: Plaza de la Constitucin - Social University - Acropolis Museum - the Acropolis in Athens

   Sleep until 8 a.m., is that we can make this journey in the latest one back. Downstairs to eat breakfast, but have to get even with the boss, the solution to our problem of room. The hotel restaurant is very small, only 4 tables, is a family of foreigners have to eat a breakfast, have a look, there are Fried Eggs, Buffet furnace in potato sausage, egg cake, Boiled Egg etc., there are some fruits, the bar yogurt, cereal and bread, fruit cake, drink coffee, juice, milk, these are fairly good in small European hotel, sat down and began to eat a meal... Greet guests is a tall middle-aged man, the estimate is the boss, he decided to ignore him, so eat again and his theory... When we finished, the boss is back the front desk to the past, so say hello, names, he also understand our position, hurriedly apology, admitted that because of their mistakes, can't we advance reservation retain, and hope to be able to be compensated to way, I said I do not care how much money, mainly is at the can see a room with a view to, now gone, we are very disappointed, very not happy... The boss is also very feel shy, wants to say today should be between 5 layers of real can be released, and I have to change To this end we will go, the price discount. Process and the boss talked, feel the boss is actually a sincere person, work is also very active, so the gas will gradually disappear, then he himself went upstairs to see the room facilities I reflected, immediately personally repair, also told us just pack up the big room, etc. it will help put our luggage in the past...

   To solve the problem of the room, has 10 points more than the boss, remind us that it is Sunday today than usual, with large scale soldiers the ceremony in Plaza de la Constitucin 11, now just go to catch, so we will change the plan, first to Plaza de la Constitucin immediately rushed to the...

Plaza de la Constitucin (Syntagma Square),Can be said to be the center of Athens City, square is not large, there are many for visitors to rest benches and chairs and Coffee Museum, at the same time, activity place is the local people, all kinds of celebrations and political meetings are often held here. Plaza de la Constitucin is big tall buildings are the houses of Parliament, in front of the tomb of unknown soldier (Tomb of the Unknown Solidiers) guarded by the infantry "Greek Evzones," every hour when the soldiers the ceremony is often attracts tourists from all sides of view, has become a classic in Athens tourism project.

   Just 11 points to the square in front of, is already rentouzandong, good location of the first few rows of tall foreigners have been occupied, we can only stand on tiptoe, through the head hard watching...

Square soldiers dressed in army dress very ethnic characteristics, pleated skirt, Long Sleeve White Sox and wore black flocculus red shoes, walking is elegant is settled, is kind of slow, very interesting and very characteristics. We just on Sunday, only 11 every Sunday at the ceremony is the most important, not only have a large group of soldiers to participate in the ceremony, and the military band...

The changing of the guard began... Look at their feet up...

The soldiers coming to us step by step... In front of foreigners are too high, I can only try very hard to stand on tiptoe, put Dan Fanju over the head shooting "blind (although opened the D90 Live View function, but the sun is really brilliant, liquid crystal screen image to see clearly, but there are a few angle) is also good this ceremony, but look down, but to toss out in a sweat, took some photos to you...

Inadvertently turn back to look at the left side of the square, Grande Bretagne Le Grand Large Hotel room also has a lot of tourists look down from a height the viewer the ceremony, the terrain... This hotel has a long history in Athens, very famous, tooThe leaders stayed in place, it is said that in World War II was the Nazi army requisitioned for general headquarters.

The ceremony ended, soldiers to withdraw from both sides of the parliament building, want to front street, evacuation square in the marching band accompaniment, then the police were dispatched, and direct visitors from across the road, to maintain order

Three policemen, and different patterns...

After the ceremony, tourists have begun to withdraw from the...The square suddenly appeared out of a few riding villain, the pedestrians coming and going through the Inter, quite fun, it is around the hawkers selling toys...

Fountain at the center of the square, on both sides of the tree is said to be laurel, ancient Greek crown is made of it. In ancient Greek mythology, legend has it that the sun god is God Appollo Penarth (Peneus)'s beautiful daughter Daphne (Daphne) by dumping, spread out enthusiastic pursuit of her, but Daphne has long been loved, so has been hiding from the sun god pursuit, one day, they met in the river, Daphne see Appollo started run, Appollo behind her, Daphne ran spend oneself, so he had to ask her father put her into a laurel tree. Appollo very sad, said "may you leaves evergreen, decorated my head, decorated my piano, let you become the highest honor symbol". Then he put a laurel moved to his temple side, be together morning and night, and the branches and leaves Biancheng garland worn on the head, to indicate to the Daphne admiration and miss.

A few only drink water in the fountain on the big fat dove...

A Greek Prime Minister election propaganda platform on the square, we can see his campaign posters from the Athens Airport Road, according to the hotel owner, the campaign people (should be called Papandreou) was born in a family of politics,His grandfather and father of former Prime Minister of greece. Due to the election day, we then travel has also been affected, There are both advantages and disadvantages., back into...

Walking in the streets of the small tourist train...

From Plaza de la Constitucin, we decided to go to the nearby University of Athens, School of social and national library, heard that the building is very good, worth a look... To be continued.