Athens

We had an amazing 2nd Anniversary/Valentine's Day/President's Day weekend trip to Athens. It was really cool walk around ruins of buildings that were standing in 600 B.C. Some of the scenery was absolutely beautiful. Not so nice were the smokey restaurants and crazy drivers, but what can you do? The sunshine and 50 degree weather was also a nice respite from the cold, snow, and gray.


Day 1: exploring town and climbing Lycabettus.

view of the Acropolis from a street near our hotel

cool church

view from the top of Lycabettus

By the time we got to the top, we were hot--no coats necessary here!

church at the top of Lycabettus

Soldiers marching outside of the Parliament Building

Olympic Stadium

Arch of Hadrian

Day 2--exploring the Acropolis

theatre of Dionysos

on the way in to the Acropolis

restoration work was ongoing

at the Acropolis site

cool frieze

view of Mt. Lycabettus (what we climbed the first day)

view from a distance of the Porch of Caryatids--part of the Acropolis site

The Parthenon

restoration work

Greek flag flying over the site

Porch of the Caryatids

View of the Acropolis from the Thission, in the Ancient Agora

it was Carneval weekend--the celebration won't compare to Port of Spain but we did see a lot of children running around in costume and a street fair. We enjoyed some dough balls with honey.

Temple of Olympian Zeus

being artsy

glad we weren't around when that column fell

the parliament building

London flashback

Cathedral of Athens

baklava

the Acropolis at night (view from in front of our restaurant)

Day 3--Kerameikos and the National Archaeological Museum

we weren't allowed to take a picture with the bull, but we were allowed to take one of the bull

at Kerameikos

while on our way to the museum we discovered a cool fish market

Ancient Athenian pottery

cool finds at the museum

resting in our hotel lobby (sideways) before heading to the airport.

All in all, a great weekend!