Random Athens #Monomad challenge

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Random Athens #Monomad challenge
I really like so many random things on the streets of Athens!

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmXxJXJ14yjEimYMFnLjZC1fUyZkEfneVMEUvNRyJXWyXb/_viz0469.jpg)*An old Ford 12M, I sometimes wanted to buy one of these in the nineties*

As I used to do a lot through the years I walked around more or less at random, making my way from the ferry & harbour up into the city. It was *hot* of course, so I stopped by at a hotel, borrowed the wifi & helped them unscrew the chuck on a drill using my camera strap ๐Ÿ˜€

The guy at the reception wanted to get into photography, so I pointed him towards buying something like an old Fujifilm camera rather than putting too much into new gear.

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmSu7M22eResRKqtgTMoJ1dn7JsZigLXQi8MvPxE3CUAEb/_viz0467_recovered.jpg)*Someone enjoys painting crocodiles!*

The area around the harbour is a bit rough, with garbage and random stuff around, but personally I like that much more than polished design & tourist ghettos!

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmU9xqhPq7GEawg1HZvvUVgP28grCKFhy57hF31X1B9XAd/_viz0477_recovered.jpg)*Another car, this time at Monastirakis*

I'm not sure what this shop is about, but it made for a good shot when the guy turned up opening it right when I stopped there!

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmP81aKCxfzK5cvLgVuTZQMK3dJKN2yxsGSiJJvtgezEiT/_viz0473.jpg)*Old buildings were all around*

Not sure where I should end up in the end I spent some time trying to at least figure out where I was!

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmXTtKb3JRsLjysJpVVthJwFsUUDq2R5fptAPyNmZXtV3g/_viz0480.jpg)*This building was more or less falling apart*

Eventually I made it to Monastirakis, not being even sure why! Since my flight was *very* early I was still not sure if I should just park myself on a bench, take the last bus to the airport to hang out there, or find another solution...

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmdS85DwGhjooTRKvZakYMLSNv1rwp7RAxS7ZpnQZuSXiQ/_viz0483.jpg)*Stopping over at the hostel*

The fun thing is that since I did not even know I also had no idea what I would see the next hours! More about that in the next post ๐Ÿ˜

After a great meal at an restaurant where the couple running it clearly was more on the human, anarchist side than the corporate trolls that have taken over too much of Europe I was able to *think* rather than roam.

Which is when I first discovered that I still had around 20 bucks left in Travala, which is a great app for traveling spending crypto.

And also there was a hostel a few blocks away that was affordable!

So that is how I ended up in a big room in the afternoon, getting a shower that left me a *little* less stinky than before. First time since maybe 92 or so that I paid for a hostel bed haha...

That's it for now, next up is very old, Greek things from Monastirakis in Athens! #monomad
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