Agora in Athens

We visited the Agora in downtown Athens today. That is where the most preserved temple in Greece is located, a temple built to Athena and Hephaestus, the god of smiths and metal working. There were some doric columns but they weren't completely doric because they were built in pieces. You could also see how the pollution was affecting the temple. Today I learned that Athena literally means goddess or immortal, and that Athens was named for Athena not the other way around. Just in case you didn't know. We saw a pit dedicated to offerings for the dead where Katie tried to throw Mary into. We saw the Bouleuterion which was the meeting place for all 500 senators. We got to see the outlining stones of what used to be the Tholos where 17 people at a time used to sleep to always be on duty for the people. On a food related note: this morning I made more pancakes and some strawberry jam from scratch and with that we made stuffed pancake burritos for breakfast. What I've noticed in Greece so far, is when you think you have enough food to last a couple of days you are wrong. There's no food in our apartment on the weekend and stores are closed on Sunday. Nobody has really eaten the cornflakes though, and that's why I made pancakes for breakfast. Even if we don't have food, we have ingredients and I can improvise. Haven't starved yet, but we'll see.