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Sunday (day 4) Independence Day ! Trip to Piraeus

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Sunday 25 March :  National Holiday - Independence Day ! After a late breakfast at 9am we bought a day ticket for 4,5 € and took the metro from Monastiraki to Piraeus. Agia Triada (Holy Trinity Church) Waiting for the Ceremonies Side entrance of Agia Triada Agios Nikolaos  From Agios Nikolaos  walk -> Charilaou Trikoupi straat to  Passalimani bay We found our bus  51 which should take us around the peninsula but it took us back to the Port terminal first . Photos taken from the bus (forgive the poor quality) Back to Passalimani where we waited in vain for the Trolleybus to Kastela We walked to the smaller bay Microlimano . After having a drink from a very high terrace with beautiful sight over the bay, we walked via the Akti Dilaveri street (along the river) to the tramstation. We took the tram (
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Saturday (day 3) : Akropolis Museum - Keramikos - Kentriki Agora - El. Venizelou

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Saturday 24 March After an early breakfast at 8am, we set out to visit the 'Theatro Dionissiou' (lower part of the Acropolis) and the new museum. We first paid a visit to the small Orthodox church   Agios Dimitrios , in front of our hotel. Our walk took us (again) along the  Hadrian Library, the Roman Agora and the Plaka , after which we took the climbing small streets, which Mieke and I took in the opposite direction Friday morning. The theatre was built at the time when 'drama' or 'theatre' was first being created. It's thought that the first drama was presented by Thespis in about 530 BC (which is where we get the word 'Thespian'). These dramas were probably performed in the Agora. The cult of Dionysus was brought to Athens in the 6th C BC, and the threatre was built as part of the temple precinct. In the 5th C BC major works of theatre were performed. These plays were written by som
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