Day Thirteen Revisit - Friday June 18th - Athens
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| Parthenon |
Today we had to be ready to leave the ship at 7:30. After waiting and going through customs, we said goodbye to Yanni and were in Athens, finally back with Aliki and in the tour bus at about 9:00. We headed to the Athens Acropolis.
The Acropolis is an amazing place. There are multiple structures:
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| Porch of the Caryatids |
a small temple to Athena Nike (currently under restoration) right at the gates- the Proylea - the gates themselves
- the Parthenon
- the Erechteaum (dedicated to Athena, Poseidon, and Erechtheus) with the Porch of the Caryatids (female figures as supporting columns)
- and several others...
After we spent some time on the Acropolis, we came down and visited the Areopagus, also known as Mars Hill. This is the location associated with Paul's speech in Acts 17:16-34, although we are not certain that is actually where it took place.
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| View of Acropolis from Agora |
After that, we did some quick souvenir shopping and then headed to the Athens Agora (meeting place or market place). This is a huge place and we only had a few minutes here, but you could easily spend a half-day if not a full day.
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| View of Acropolis at night |
We had a late lunch and then headed to the hotel to get checked in. We saw the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and several Neo-classical buildings from the bus on the way. After checking in at the Titania Hotel, about half of group went to the National Museum while the rest of us caught up on sleep.
Dale's Pics for Day 13 - Athen Acropolis: here Dale's Pics for Day 13 - Athen Agora: here Approx Miles Traveled Day 3: Bus 12
Travels Day 13: Athens
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