As promised a while ago, here are some pictures of the changing of the guard at the tomb of the unknown in Syntagma Square n the center of Athens.



The building in the background is the Parliament - originally built as a royal palace.



The guards wear hob-nail clogs, and have a particular way of marching. They pound their left feet against the ground. It makes my knee hurt just to watch it.




Alex and Charlotte watching.




The guard are stationed here at the tomb of the unknown and in front of the Presidential palace on the other side of the National Gardens near their barracks. For the Sunday changing of the guard they close the street (barely) and a band escorts them from the barracks to the tomb, where they relieve the two on duty and head back and back.