Athens Descent Page 19

Scooters and Payphone
The pavement belongs to scooters, rows of them, some tucked under black covers like sleeping animals. A man in a yellow T-shirt buckles his helmet and gets ready to join the traffic. A woman with a cloud of white hair walks out from under the arcade, a canvas bag on her shoulder. Beside a pillar stands another yellow payphone, with a man in a straw hat leaning next to it like an old friend. Further on, two young women meet under the trees, talking to a third person on the phone.