September 8th: Athens
| Woke up this morning debating whether or not to get up and get breakfast or just stay in bed some more. Hummed and hawed and finally said yeah ok. So got dressed, went down and NO BREAKFAST! What? Oh wait ... stupid phone here don't auto-synchronise. So it's actually 10 AM. Grrrr... Oh well, guess we'll just start our day. Met Carolien and Ian. Walked to the Acropolis. Ticket was 12 euros but there're tickets for other sites as well. |
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| Acropolis from the entrance |
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| I think this was taken on the way to the theatre of Dionysos |
| Saw the theatre of Dionysos then went up to the temple Athena/Parthenon. |
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| Theatre of Dionysos |
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| Another view of the theatre of Dionysos |
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| me, Adi and Ian |
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| Didn't forget crab. Crab went too. |
| Saw the theatre of Dionysis then went up to the temple Athena/Parthenon. |
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| On the way to see the Parthenon, we saw the Odeum Herodes Atticus |
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| Another view of the Odeum |
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| Adi with the Odeum behind |
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| Me with the Odeum behind |
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| View of the Odeum from above near where the Parthenon is |
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| Parthenon |
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| Adi and I in front of the Parthenon |
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| Top portion of the Parthenon (part of it) |
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| Adi and I taking a breather |
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| Erechtheum. This is next to the Parthenon |
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| More pictures of the Erechtheum |
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| Don't forget crab! |
| Climbed more rocks. From there, the view of the city is quite fantastic. |
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| View of the city of Athens from the Parthenon |
| Next, we proceeded to visit ancient agora. Mostly flatted structures really. Actually, most of the ancient sites are flattened. |
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| Ancient Agora from above |
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| One of the few standing buildings in Ancient Agora |
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| Carolien, me, Adi and Ian. It was really hot! |
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| Poor limbless statue |
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| Hephaestus |
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As we were walking to find food/lunch, we tried deciphering the greek words. I tell you ... all those years in engineering school using the greek symbols (α, β, ζ), you'd think it's be helpful but noooo. I returned all that to my professors. :( Oh yeah, in Greek, 'ne' (nay) means yes and 'ochi' (o-key) means no. How confusing.
After lunch, we wanted to go to the Keramikos Cemetary. Our waiter gave us directions and said "I've never been there. I try to stay away from cemetaries. Not my time yet!" Hee hee :) |
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| Keramikos Cemetary |
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| Some arch architecture |
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| This is the street of tombs |
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| Looks what we saw there |
| Rest time. So we got to walking about pictures and cameras when Ian asked Adi "How big is your stick (memory stick)?" Carolien and I looked at each other before she replied "You don't ask such things!". LOL |
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| Some statues at the museum where the cemetary is |
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| Interesting pottery |
| Saw Roman Agora and temple of Olympian Zeus. Not much to mention. |
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| Can't remember the name now but some building at the Roman Agora |
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| Columns (whatever is left) at Roman Agora |
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| This isn't at the Roman Agora but it was close by. Supposedly, it used to be a library. |
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| Olympian Zeus |
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| Me at the Olympian Zeus |
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| Me and Adi at Olympian Zeus (after we managed to fix the camera) |
| Taking a bit more rest before heading out to Plaka for dinner. Had some traditional Greek food for dinner - Tsatsiki, Taramosalata, etc and Greek white wine. Wandered around Plaka some. Plaka is the old town with lots of stores and restaurants. |
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| Me and Carolien at the Plaka |
| Weather at night in Athens is awesome. We then went to take some night pictures of Acropolis. |
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| Odeum at night from the other side |
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| Parthenon at night |
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| Ancient Agora at night. That's Hephaestus brightly lit. |
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| Olympian Zeus at night |
