It's all Greek to Me

I spent the second half of Spring Break in Athens, Greece where we toured the center of another great ancient civilization.  The day we arrived we took it pretty easy and just walked around the suburb of Athens that we were staying in.  We shopped a little, got a gyro, took some pictures of the Mediterranean, and climbed some cool rocks on a pier.   We ended the night at a seafood restaurant where we were all shocked when our fish showed up with heads, eyes, scales, and everything still attached.  Some were more brave than others in trying the fresh fish and in the end I was proud of myself for making it through my bowl of fried shrimp that still had its head feet attached.

 

On day two we made our way to the center of Athens to begin touring some more ruins!  We began with a walk through the national garden which had a small "zoo" with lots of birds and some goats.  Then we made our way to tour the Temple of the Olympian Zeus and Hadrian's Gate before climbing to see the Theater of Herodes and finally the Acropolis!!  We did another Rick Steves audio guide of the Acropolis and Parthenon.  On our way down there were lots of stray dogs and for some reason they started to follow us even though we hadn't fed or pet them!  It was hilarious because they followed us for "forever and a mile."  After lunch we went to the Monastiraki market for some souvenir shopping.  Before we got on the tram home though we saw a demonstration in front of the parliament building so we made sure to get out of there pretty quick.

 

Day three was supposed to be a beach day but the weather did not cooperate and it was cold and cloudy so instead we got some gelato and relaxed outside with the nice weather (it was nice outside but just too cold for the beach).

 

On our last day we headed back into Athens to see the Old Olympic Stadium, the Ancient Agora, and the Archeological Museum.  After seeing those we climbed to the highest point in Athens, the top of Lycabettus hill, and got some incredible shots of the city.

 

 

 

I had a great Spring Break visiting Rome and Athens and loved being able to walk through so much history!