Dennis & Sandy, Dale & Nancy (above) and Martha (l) and John ( at end of table ).
Wednesday night, dinner with several from our tour group at a great neighborhood restaurant, whose tables spilled out onto the park across the street. We enjoyed Greek cuisine from "gyro pitas" to lamb chops. It was delicious - the food and the fellowship!
Thursday morning, we headed
THE acropolis - the most famous - and the temple of Athena and her Parthenon. Here, human life was traced back to the 5th C b.c. Athena was the goddess of wisdom and war.
Many, many tourists swarmed over the hill; I was thankful we were here in Oct and not in July!
Dates to 447-438 B.C. It was used as a church in the 6th C A,D,, a Frankish cathedral in the 13th C. The Venetians blew it up in 1687, for it was a storage center for Turkish ammunition, but it was restored 1834-44 and since 1983. It IS amazing!
The limestone Areogapus, or "Mars Hill" where Paul addressed the Athenian thinkers. Present day Athens in the background.
The odeum, or music theater, as seen from the acropolis.
The Erechtheion - built to honor the founder
of the city. The Porch of the Karyatids is the most famous part of the structure, where statues of maidens were used as columns. These are replicas - originals are in the museum.
Obviously, renovation continues --
Our group with Evie
Wayne & Larry with an agressive peddler, eager to sell Wayne a tablecloth! She accompanied him most of the way back to the bus in the acropolis parking lot!
The Marathon Stadium (this one's for you, Wade) -- on site of ancient Greek stadium which in 409 B.C., was the finishing point of a 42 k run 2500 years ago.
The Acropolis from the Marathon Stadium
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Oh, good, great pictures! Can't wait to read it all...
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