Athens, Greece

We spent four days in Athens and were overwhelmed with all the ancient history there. The Acropolis Museum, the Parthenon and Temple of Nike on the Acropolis, Mars Hill, Zeus Temple, the ancient Agora and Stoa of Attalos, Hadrian’s Library, the Tower of the Winds, just so many ancient, important and interesting places to experience. Stacks and piles of columns and bits of walls are scattered throughout the city and at open air sites. The area under the Acropolis Museum is an archaeological site as well. Archaeological groups are still in the process of buying up certain modern buildings so they can tear them down and excavate below.

We had a great walking tour that took us past many of the main archaeological sites. There continue to be relatively few tourists, so it was very easy to get into venues, to see the displays and take photos without hoards of selfie-stick folks in the way. Our apartment was in the city center on the third floor (second floor in European terms) and faced a busy pedestrian street, so we had a lot of people noise until late in the night. We did our share of supporting the gelato place on the ground floor.

We also ate more good Greek food: Moussaka, Pastitsio, Zucchini balls stuffed with cheese, and more souvlaki.

Here are photos of places on the Acropolis, and on the south slope of the Acropolis