Notes from Abroad: Our Last Day
On our way to our Air Bnb the very first night we landed in Athens, we passed the National Gallery of Greece , and I knew that we had to make a visit. We decided to leave it for the last day, as we weren't sure about the heat and wanted avoid sweating before our evening flight. In the morning, we breakfasted and dragged our suitcases to storage before we walked to the National Gallery, taking a cool route through the shady National Gardens . We all meandered through the light-filled galleries, and each of us found our favorite pieces. Little M's was this painting , which Ashley had just posted to her blog. I very much liked the paintings by Konstantinos Parthenis , whose career spanned the turn of the century to the 1960s. Nikolaos Gyzis' luminous Behold the Bridegroom Arriving was another painting that captured my attention. After our morning at the National Gallery, we stopped for a quick bite and suitcase pick-up, and then ...
