Syntagma Square is usually a lovely spot to sit and drink coffee while watching the fountain do its thing (I never got around to the coffee but drank a few cans of dodgy gin there) but, like all good urban squares, can be repurposed to host a riot at the drop of a Molotov cocktail.
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Daphne Papadopoulou
This is so Greek: A man plays a guitar while hooded individuals clash with riot police behind him during a protest in Athens marking the second anniversary of the country's worst railway disaster. This photo is by Louisa Gouliamaki for Reuters. #Τεμπη #Tempe www.ekathimerini.com/news/1262931...
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I mean, I could do without that, but Greece definitely isn’t short of marble.
(EXCEPT FOR THE PARTHENON MARBLES, WHICH SHOULD BE RETURNED)