雅典第三天 Athens Day 3

2022年5月9日 星期一 此次旅行的第21天

Monday, May 9, 2022. Day 21 of the trip.

又在阳光灿烂的早上醒来，泡一杯热茶，坐在阳台上看着不远处山上的古希腊最伟大的不朽之作“卫城”，总让我有冲动回忆，思考，憧憬人生。

Waking up on a sunny morning, making a cup of hot tea, sitting on the balcony and watching the greatest immortal work of ancient Greece, the “Acropolis” on the mountain not far away, always triggers the impulse to recall, to think, and ponder life. Today is another day of relaxation.

今天又是放松休息的一天，上午去了狄俄倪索斯剧场，就在卫城的山脚下，去那里是因为想复制一张PJG大哥1967年的照片，他当年坐在狄俄倪索斯剧场里的一个石椅上。狄俄倪索斯剧场是一个露天剧场，也是世界上最古老的剧场之一。上次来雅典去卫城参观的时候，我俩错过了这个剧场，因为当时PJG以为他大哥的那张照片是在希腊的另外一个城市拍的。这次再去看一下，当然经过工作人员的确定，现在只能远观这个剧场，更别说坐在那个石椅上了，这种情况下花20欧元进去拍一张照片太不值得了！ 所以放弃这个想法，只在围栏外面可怜地拍了一张几乎看不到什么的照片，哈哈。

We went to the Theater of Dionysus in the morning at the foot of the Acropolis. We went there partly because we wanted to try to recreate a photo of PJG’s eldest brother, Chris from 1967, when he was sitting in the Dionysus Theatre on a large stone chair. The Theater of Dionysus is an open-air theater and one of the oldest in the world. The last time we visited the Acropolis in Athens, we missed this place because PJG thought the photo of his brother was taken in another city in Greece. After making it to the theater we had a conversation with the staff and confirmed that now you can only view the theater from a distance, and definitely cannot sit on the stone chair! So we decided in this case, it wasn’t not worth spending 20 euros just to go in and take a photo! So we gave up on the idea and just took a pathetic picture where you can barely see anything outside the fence, lol.

中午又去买了两个烤肉卷饼在阳台上吃了午餐，吃完午饭去了买电话卡的那个Vodafone店，让他们修理了电话卡只有3G网络的问题，花了40多分钟的时间，终于给升级成4G了。 去下一个目的地的路上又去那个海鲜市场看了一圈，虽然开门了，但是没有卖皮皮虾的，发现虽然靠海，但这里的海鲜品种并不是很多，有点儿小小的失望。

For lunch we went to buy two more wraps and ate lunch on our balcony, because it has the best view in town! After lunch, we had to return to the Vodafone store where we bought the phone card and asked them to fix a problem that only had allowed us on the 3G network. They upgraded us to 4G and now the Sim card is useable!

On the way to the next destination, we went by the seafood market to take a look. Although it was open, there was no Pipi shrimp. I saw that although Athens is close to the sea, there are not many varieties of seafood here, which was a little disappointing.

从我俩民宿的阳台上可以看到不远处一个小山上的雅典国家天文台，步行10多分钟就到了那里，去的时候那个主建筑部分虽然没有开门，但是旁边的小山的一个天文台是免费开放的，上面竟然可以看到我俩的民宿粉色的房子！

From the balcony of our B&B, we could see the National Observatory of Athens on a hill not far away. It took only 10 minutes to walk there. Although the main building was not open when we went there, an observatory on the hill next to it was open for free. Yes, and we could actually see the pink house of our B&B!

晚饭去了附近的饭店，他们自称是Psyri区最老的一家传统希腊饭馆，饭店里挂了很多雅典的老照片，看着还满有意思的，可以看出来100多年来雅典的变化。

For dinner, we went to a nearby restaurant. They claim to be the oldest traditional Greek restaurant in the Psyri district. There are many old photos of Athens hanging in the restaurant. It’s interesting to see the changes in Athens over the past 100+ years.

来一个曾经来过的地方的好处就是没有四处奔波参观景点的意愿，所以很享受现在短暂的放松的日子。明天应该继续放松地闲逛，希望能看到一些新的东西。

Easy days in Athens as we have been here before so we don’t feel obligated to visit all the main sights. We will wander a little tomorrow, hopefully see some new things!