Athens

We arrived yesterday in Athens, the birthplace of secular philosophy. We walked miles and miles and used the money we would have spent on a taxi to buy sustenance for the evening. Bread, Nutella and Nectarines. Today we woke up and noticed an advertisement for a "Walking Tour" posted on our hostel door. The advertisement claimed they could lead us through the city in five hours. Naturally we decided to take up the challenge and see the city in four. Which we preceaded to do.

The Tomb of the Unkown Soldier. The real genuine not American one.


We purposley decided to walk to the Acropolis on the street with all the official government buildings. This is the academy, it is said Socrates was the founder.
A Statue of Athena outside the National Library.

Then we saw it, from between the trees and the aparment buildings, we saw the Acropolis for the first time. The same Acropolis which six hundred Athenians had held againts the persian army after Thermopylae.


To began the ascent you must go through a massive arch arrected by Hadrian. The path to the top takes you buy hundreds of other ruins. Here is some carvings on a partually restored theater.

A fully retored theater where they do performances.

Finally reaching the top is something special. The marks of fire on the older pillars are from the Persian invasion.

A view from the top
The view of the Acropolis from Mars Hill, where Paul preached.
Teenpact represent.

On the steps of the Parthenon.
Why did the Ottomans have to blow the Parthenon up? Imagine how cool this picture would be if the building was intact.