By Associated Press Undefined ATHENS, Greece (AP) — It's been a while since visitors to Greece sought out souvenirs in Athens' oldest neighborhood. The winding streets of Plaka, laid out long before the city imported a grid system, are lined with closed stores behind aluminum shutters. The coronavirus pandemic has kept tourists away from the historic city center that forms a semi-circle around the Acropolis, and the area remained unusually devoid of pedestrians and motorists before Christmas. In their absence, ancient monuments are a little easier to make out from a distance, fewer horns are sounding in traffic and homeless […]

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