We packed our bags and left them at the door before heading out for our last jaunt around Athens. We checked out a mob of cyclists preparing for a race then kept going and ended up circum-ambulating the Acropolis. We passed markets and ruins and people coming out of churches wth palm leaves and others in coffee shops. We eventually got back to the centre of the city in time for the guards' parade at the parliament. There was a band and lots of guards in white skirts kicking up high and marching slowly. Then we had to race home to catch the bus to the airport. All the others were heading east at 16:00, but we had to hang around until 19:00.
The flight to Istanbul was only 1hr 20, and uneventful, and we were collected at ther airport by the hostel minibus which drove us into the old part of the city, with narrow winding cobbled streets. After checking in we went for a little walk to the main road to buy water. Now we will pack up for our Anzac trek.
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