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Today I really didn’t feel like taking a bus 3 hours, seeing a musem and some ruins, and then taking the bus 3 hours back, so I decided to nix Delphi, and went shopping in the popular Monastiraki district here in Athens. It easily puts Union Square in San Francisco to shame. It is the most pedestrain-friendly shopping district I’ve ever been to. You can easily walk for miles and not have to cross a single lane of traffic.

The stores mostly consisted of women’s shoe and clothing stores, but there was also a decent amount of flea market style shopping. The craziest thing I noticed was that there was a lot of World War I and II relics available. I was shown gas masks, helmets, guns, knives, cantines - even empty mortar casings. I was interested in just picking up some medals for a friend or two who are huge WWII buffs, but the prices I was quoted were outrageous! Over 100 euros for a little piece of metal from the 40’s. And I couldn’t haggle any of them down. It’s a collector’s paradise - if you have money.