Athens Bingo: Spot 30 Typically Athens Things

Spot a souvlaki on a stick

Find a souvlaki (grilled meat skewer) or gyros wrap at a Greek street stand. Photograph the lemon-and-paprika glow.

Spot a Greek salad (horiatiki)

Find a Greek salad on a taverna table: tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, olives, a slab of feta on top, olive oil. Photograph the feta slab.

Spot an olive tree

Find an olive tree in a square, park or courtyard (or in a planter outside a shop). Photograph the silvery leaves.

Spot a Greek flag

Find a Greek flag (blue-and-white stripes with the cross in the corner) flying on a building, balcony or boat. Photograph it.

Spot a glass of ouzo or tsipouro

Find a small glass of ouzo or tsipouro (clear anise spirit that turns milky with water) on a taverna table with meze plates. Photograph the cloudy spirit.

Spot a baklava tray

Find a tray of baklava (layered filo with nuts and syrup) in a sweet-shop window or counter. Photograph the diamond cuts.

Spot a feta cheese wheel

Find a wheel of feta in a grocery shop window or market stall (Varvakeios market or any deli). Photograph the white wheel.

Spot a tzatziki bowl

Find a bowl of tzatziki on a meze table or in a deli display. The garlic-yogurt-cucumber dip is everywhere. Photograph the bowl.

Spot a worry bead string (komboloi)

Find a komboloi (worry beads) in a man's hand at a kafenio or in a shop window. Photograph the beads.

Spot a Greek stray cat

Find an Athens cat sleeping on a Roman column, a taverna chair or a windowsill. Photograph the cat.

Spot the Acropolis from below

Find a view of the Acropolis from somewhere in the city below (Monastiraki, Plaka, Areopagus Hill). Photograph the rock with the Parthenon on top.

Spot the Parthenon columns

Climb to the Acropolis and find the Parthenon. Photograph the Doric columns against the sky.

Spot the Erechtheion Caryatids

On the Acropolis, find the Erechtheion with its Caryatid porch (six female figures standing in for columns). Photograph the Caryatids.

Spot an Evzone guard

Find an Evzone Presidential Guard in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Syntagma Square (or at the changing of the guard, every hour). Photograph the foustanella kilt and pom-poms on the tsarouchia shoes.

Spot the Greek Parliament Building

Find the Hellenic Parliament Building (Vouli) on Syntagma Square, the former Royal Palace. Photograph the ochre facade.

Spot Hadrian's Arch

Find Hadrian's Arch on Leoforos Vasilissis Amalias, the 18-metre marble arch between Plaka and the Temple of Olympian Zeus. Photograph the arch with the columns through it.

Spot the Temple of Olympian Zeus columns

Find the remaining Corinthian columns of the Temple of Olympian Zeus, the tallest temple in ancient Athens. Photograph the columns standing alone.

Spot a Plaka step street

Walk into the Plaka and find a narrow whitewashed stepped street climbing toward the Acropolis. Photograph the steps with bougainvillea cascading.

Spot a Cycladic Anafiotika cube

Walk up into Anafiotika (the tiny Cycladic-style village under the Acropolis). Find a whitewashed cube house with blue shutters. Photograph the house.

Spot a Monastiraki flea market stall

Walk into the Monastiraki flea market and find a stall stacked with old cameras, vinyl, rugs or icons. Photograph the chaos.

Spot a blue-domed church

Find a blue-domed Greek Orthodox chapel anywhere in Athens (the Cathedral, Kapnikarea, a tiny Anafiotika chapel). Photograph the dome against the sky.

Spot a Greek mosaic floor

Find a pebble mosaic floor (galaxídi-style or modern Greek tavern) or a Byzantine wall mosaic in a church. Photograph the pattern.

Spot a Lycabettus or Filopappou view

Climb up Lycabettus Hill or Filopappou Hill and photograph the city spread out with the Acropolis in the panorama.

Spot a Greek frappé coffee

Find a Greek frappé (instant coffee shaken with foam, served over ice) on a kafenio table. Photograph the foamy top.

Spot a koulouri vendor

Find a street vendor selling koulouri (sesame-crusted bread rings stacked on a cart or pole). Photograph the rings.

Spot a Psiri street-art piece

Walk into Psiri or Exarcheia and find a piece of street art (Athens has one of Europe's densest street-art scenes). Photograph the wall.

Spot a marble-cutting workshop

Find a marble workshop (Greek monuments still get repaired by hand). Pireos Street and the suburbs have them. Photograph the marble dust.

Spot a worry bead shop

Find a shop selling komboloi (worry beads). Several streets in Plaka have dedicated shops. Photograph the strings hung in the window.

Spot a Greek key (meander) pattern

Find the Greek key meander pattern on a column, a building border, a souvenir scarf or a tile. Photograph the geometric loop.

Spot an Athens kiosk (περίπτερο)

Find a periptero (the small street kiosk selling cigarettes, water, snacks and newspapers, ubiquitous in Athens). Photograph the kiosk.