Athens Descent Page 47

Monastiraki Square
Monastiraki Square is packed: tourists in sunglasses, umbrellas, market stalls and the metro sign behind them. A man in a floral shirt and a girl with a pink bag cut through the crowd in opposite directions. On a stone ledge by the old church, a big man in a “Giants” T-shirt sits fanning himself. A blonde woman in a red polka-dot top walks past with her shopping, checking her phone. At the edge of the square, a street sweeper in an orange cap clears the gutter between two bollards.