Another day, another walk.
Still very warm, but not as hot as yesterday, and quite a breeze blowing.
Viv and David have arrived, so the old foursome will be hotfooting it together.
The Archeological Museum, is quite a distance, but a lot to see on the way.
Heading down towards the Plaka, I managed to find a local data sim.
St Catherine’s
St Catherine’s is an Orthodox Byzantine church, built in the 11th Century.
It is quite a small church, but beautifully decorated inside, with a painted dome.
And then on a totally note, there were 2 gorgeous Chinese Cresteds in a window display.
University of Athens
Like all universities, the front facade is built to impress. In this case it is a colonnaded building, with a painted fresco above the doorways, but beautifully done.
Even more impressive to me, is the 8 centuries old olive tree in the lawn flanking the approach. Although somehow I feel it is no longer the bearer of huge harvests of olives. It also looks rather lonely perched there with no other olive trees to talk to.
Archeological Museum
At the end of a long, hot, sweaty walk, we finally reach our goal – the Athens Archeological Museum. Very fortunately, you are able to take photographs, as long as you don’t use a flash. Like all museums, the displays are in collections and galleries, and intentionally or unintentionally this results in a maze in which it is easy to get lost, and to lose your companions. (I once got so lost in a museum in Sydney that I got locked in, and took an hour to find a security guard in the dark to let me out.
The museum has collections of all types – ceramic, marble, bronze and gold, from many eras and many locations, even an Egyptian exhibition.
A primitive seated man playing a harp. 
An exquisite sauce bowl carved from marble. The skill to create something as delicate as this is amazing. I know if I tried it, sauce would be leaking everywhere. 
On to the bronze statues:
Then two of the myriad of marble statues:
When I saw the next item, my first thought what a hideous way to torture someone. Then I thought of the people I could subject this to. Fortunately the accompanying information explained that it is actually a mould for the statues beside it.
And finally a classic:
