Our little ferry made
a ton
of stops from Amorgos to Athens. Here we are pulling into
Paros.
The port at Paros
View of Paros for
Paris, who helped us
set up the trip
(he's a native
Athenian who's building a house there).
Another view of Paros
for
Paris
We finally arrived at
Naxos,
where we ate at this taverna
before catching a
high-speed
ferry back to Athens.
Octopi drying in the
Naxian
sun
The Parthenon (Temple
of Athena,
goddess of wisdom, work and the arts)
on the Acropolis,
Athens,
under scaffolding
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in the foothills of the Acropolis. This is the world's oldest known theater, and it's where you could have seen plays by Sophocles and Euripedes in their prime. There were seats for 17,000, including a VIP section (for priests and government bigwigs) consisting of the front row, which was constructed of pure marble (the rest was limestone). |
Ruins of the Odeion
of Herodes
Atticus,
a theater built in
the second
century A.D. in Roman style
the largest of the Greek temples, in the center of modern Athens. It took 700 years to build. |
Athens looks like Rio
de Janeiro
or Los Angeles, a big modern sprawling city
with the sea in front
of it
and mountains behind.
The Acropolis visible
above
the modern office buildings of downtown Athens
(taken from our hotel
balcony).
An honor guard was
marching
up the street to the Greek Parliament Building
in connection with a
visit
by the president of Kazakstan.
The Kazakstan
President was
staying in our hotel and had a whole squadron of security
cars parked right
underneath our room.
Parliament Building
...and part of the
national
park in the square it faces.
On to the Acropolis
Museum
On to Aegiali
On to Nis
Nikuria
On to Hora
On to the rest
of
Amorgos