Sorry for the delay... I am currently in the process of moving back to the US and it is quite disastrous at the moment. Due to the fact that I have so many wonderful pictures from my journey to Greece, I am breaking it into two parts. The historical part is in Athens and the views will be from the Islands.
This was on of the trips I was looking forward to the most and was made possible thanks to Dad!
We finally arrived to our hostel later in the day and decided to go for a short walk. This was my first Greek statue that I saw and I just had to take a picture with him of course.
This was the main square that you enter in before hitting the historical area of Athens. We came here everyday. Here we did some amazing people watching, had awesomely delicious food, tried some great frozen greek yogurt, bought greek sandals, and so much more.
As you can see even with the sun going down it was still the place to be!
Here is the first of many greek salads that were to be consumed over the five day trip.
We made friends with our waiter and gifts of food and wine too!
This is an image I see quite often in the news. Here is the Parliament building.
Although I look quite far from the guard, I felt sooo close! I was too scared to stand any closer.
Here is the changing of the guard at the tomb of the unknown soldier in front of Parliament.
I have read a lot of travel and guide books over the past two years and have become a true fan of Rick Steves. We happened to have the Greece book for this trip and it was wonderful. During our walking tour we stopped by the three most important and popular churches in the Greek Orthodox community. This was the first of the three. Sadly, I was wearing shorts so I could only see it from the outside but I peaked in the door and it is small so I saw a good portion.
This is the main church and often referred to as the Cathedral. There is not much to see and it has been this way since the 1989 earthquake.
Alongside the cathedral is this small church and the last of the three. It is said to be a favorite. We are making a symbol that is supposed to be a blessing from God.
The temple of Zeus of Mt. Olympus!!
My travel buddies and myself in front of the temple. Many of the ruins are older than imaginable but have been damaged numerous times over the centuries. It is crazy to think that I was walking around the land where the first civilizations were located!
There was the cutest little neighborhood on the hill where Acropolis is located. Exploring the small narrow streets was like being on a small Greek island. It was my favorite part of Athens.
There was plenty of art to view throughout the walk as well.
Here is the Roman Forum where the people came to make their purchases from the different market stands.
This tower of the wind has carvings of winged humans bringing in the weather around the top. You can see it if you take a close look at this picture.
We wanted to explore the market but after entering on the meat and seafood side... and getting hassled by the men... we decided that we had seen enough... I have never seen so many heads and different body parts of an animal.
Interacting with more street art!
This mountain in the distance is the highest point in Greece and aerial pictures are so cool because there are all the white buildings and then this green hill. On the top is a small white church.
On our was to Acropolis, which is the most famous temple in all of the world, we viewed this ampitheater. This was where they watched musical performances. There actually still use this today and have plans for more updates to the structure.
One side of the Acropolis is totally covered in scaffolding and totally underwhelming but luckily the alternate side was not and was worth it all! Can you see my excitement from this picture?
Many of the structures at Acropolis have been renovated and parts replaced with authentic replicas and the originals placed in museums.
Upon our climb down we were so sad to find out that the archaeological museum had closed at 3pm. I was so sad since this was quite high on my list but looks like I will just have to plan for another visit in the future. We only had one and a half short days for a visit here in Athens but we definitely made the most of it before heading to the ferry Friday morning... and that part is soon to come!
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