Athens Descent Page 24

Changing of the Guard
In front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, a crowd has gathered with umbrellas and raised phones. Everyone is waiting for the changing of the guard. At their feet run lines of names painted in pink, the names of the young people killed in the Tempi train crash. An old hand holds up a phone in a wallet full of cards; another hand with a smartwatch lifts its screen above a sunhat. When the Evzones* finally march, most people watch them on their screens.

*Evzones: Presidential Guard