Shopping for souveniers

Last Saturday, we went to Plaka to shop for souveniers.We will be going to Manila next week for vacation so we needed  to buy items for our friends back home. Plaka is one great shopping area, full of clothings, figurines & bronze statues of Greek gods and goddesses. One has to brush up on Greek history and mythology to be able to appreciate the items on display. The shopkeepers though are more than willing to explain what the figurines are, how the candle stands are made, and who made  the beautiful scarfs, among others.

Many of the items are made of quality materials and are  inexpensive. But as you go from one shop to the other, you will find out that prices of same items vary. So you must be able to haggle for lower or better price.

After about an hour or so, we fnished shopping. We decided to have light snacks in one of the restaurants there. It was already about 6pm and the restos were full of customers. As in Egypt, lunch for them is past 4pm.

Giouvetsakia  on Adrianou St.is a family owned restaurant. It  started operations in l959. Very clean and homey. The omellete and  bread that we ordered was cooked just right . Maybe next time we will eat there again and try their other dishes.