Day Thirty Five: Last day in Europe...
Today was our last full day in Europe. We took the bus into Athens (a 30min ride) and then found our way to the start of the Hop on Hop off bus. On our way to the stop we ran into a lot of police dressed in full riot gear. We had no idea what was going on. According to CNN, "Greek Golden Dawn lawmaker Christos Pappas is escorted to a court in Athens on October 3, 2013. Pappas, the second most powerful figure in Greece's neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party was taken into custody after he was charged with helping to run a criminal organization" ( http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/07/business/greeces-golden-dawn-firebrand-right-wingers/index.html ) and the police were out in the streets to make sure protesters didn't get out of hand. It was pretty scary. But we made it to the hop on hop off bus. We were both pretty sick with head colds and it was a little chilly in Athens that day, so we spent most of the time on the bus. I think we only got off on two stops. Omonia square was one