The day's plan was for me (Mack) to go stream on Twitch for a bit and then come back to pick up Deanna for some additional sightseeing.
I started out having some configuration issues which was frustrating by managed to get the stream working and headed out.
I took chat on a walk through the same neighborhoods that we explored the evening before. We walked over to Hadrian's Library and along the way I snapped some photos of street art when I saw it.
At one point we passed another old Byzantine style church in the middle of a square.
I continued on and stopped at the tomb of the unknown soldier. The guards were doing a little movement of some sort, so I snapped a quick picture and carried on. We looped back by the Roman Baths and the Gate of Hadrian.
Around 2pm it was time for me to grab Deanna. I went upstairs into our hotel room and grabbed Deanna to come along.
We both set out walking towards the Panathenaic Stadium. It was probably around 90 degrees out while we were walking up some long sloped roads in the blazing hot sun. We were sweating pretty bad, but kept on our way to the stadium. It was about a 20 minute walk on the surface streets and wasn't very flat at all as the google maps directions indicated When we reached the stadium there was a line at the ticket booth about 10 deep and not moving very fast. We decided it wasn't worth waiting in the blazing heat for tickets, so we went over to the front of the stadium and took pictures there instead. After our brief photoshoot we made our way across the street into the National Garden. The path through the park was flat and cool from the sun. I think this was the way we should have initially walked to the stadium and not up the surface streets and hills.
After we emerged from the park we were back on the hot streets of Athens. We continued up to The Acropolis hill. Getting into the ruins with my streaming gear was something I was worried about. I know that several other IRL streamers have made it in with their cameras, but I always hate dealing with the "is it professional?" questions as you try to get in. As we approached I pushed my shoulder mount camera down and into my armpit as to show that it was not on. They scanned our tickets and we were about to pass through when the lady at the door said something in Greek to the other door person. Then she says in English, "is this a drone?" and I laughed out loud and said, "no no, definitely not a drone," and then walked off. lol, we were in.
We walked up the slopes of the Acropolis and looked at the historic areas on display. There was the amphitheater and a few other cool things to see.
Then we went up the steep path to the top of the hill and spent some time looking at the Parthenon. The history of the place is incredible. We also had a really cool view from the top of the hill of all of Athens. There were a good number of cats roaming about and sunbathing too.
We quickly had our fill of the crowds of tour groups on the Acropolis and began making our way down the other slope to the exit. After exiting we walked back down to the small town alleys of restaurants and shops. We found a place in a very busy alley and setup my stream gear on the table and ordered food. We ordered a Greek salad, an arugula salad, large beans, cheese croquettes, and a pork gyro. All of the food at this place was delicious. The gyro was a highlight for sure.
On our walk back to the hotel I had a gelato with pistachio and Stracciatella flavors. We sat and enjoyed some street kitty action while closing out the stream for the day. When we went back to our hotel I picked up my laundry from the reception desk. I had sent out a few shirts and some other small items to be cleaned. They came back nicely folded and ready to wear. I was glad I decided to use this service.
That was the end of our 11th day on this trip.
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