Today we visited the Kerameikos which is a site containing the remains of the city walls, gates and funerary sculptures. Again we were wanting more information boards. At each site there are plenty of wardens who are whistle happy - so far we have heard them blow up and shout: no flash photography; no standing on particular stones (not always easy to determine as so many bits are strewn around); keep your legs out of the boundary line (if you are sitting on a permitted stone!); no country flags to be held up in photos....

We then walked to the Temple of Olympian Zeus which was impressive in its sheer size. The column lying broken was brought down in a storm.

On Wednesday morning we awoke to find that most of the electrics were off- only the kettle and toaster were working and a few lights. So no fridge, no wifi, we couldn't raise the shutters to the balcony and there was no hot water. There were no trips on the circuit board. The owner of the apartment was out of the country so not answering the phone. I couldn't email as no wifi. 

We knew the owner's mother lived nearby but not which building. I got a translation of her surname from the staff in our lovely local bakery and checked all the names against bells on the nearby apartments to no avail. A very nice greek lady offered to help and after a bit more faffing about she discovered from 2 old ladies that there had been a problem with electricity in several buildings but that it was now rectified. Sure enough, I got back to our place to discover that everything was working again.

We got the metro to the port of Pireaus - there were some migrants by the ferry area. We walked to the marina, chilled with a coffee and cake then walked around the coast to the smallest harbour for lunch.....and some cold Ouzo!

We were then going to chill in the gardens next to the Peace stadium but, like the National gardens the other day, they were full of graffiti and overgrown so not a place to stop. We decided to head back to the city and climbed up Areopagus hill for a good view of the Acropolis and to people watch in the late afternoon sun. 

This chap appeared wearing a long black wig and was swinging his sword around and baring his chest whilst his son took photos.