I hadn’t been in Athens since 2004 and I remembered it as being a pretty filthy city (there is so much litter!), but I wound up loving it a lot more than I remembered from the other times I’d been there. It is very lively with cute neighborhoods, good restaurants, and very nice people! William again impressed us with his knowledge of history — Greek history and Greek mythology, which I cannot keep straight! Who is real? Which places are real? Which stories are real and which are mythology? Still trying to figure it out!
Parthenon, built in mid-5th century B.C. and dedicated to the Greek goddess AthenaOdeon of Herodes Atticus at the Acropolis of Athens, completed in mid 2nd centuryErechtheion, built in early 5th century B.C…. dedicated to Athena and PoseidonWe enjoyed watching a couple tortoises crawling around at the Ancient Agora (a market of Ancient Greece)
Church of the Holy Apostles at the Ancient Agora
Anafiotika, a neighborhood in Athens
Anafiotika, Athens neighborhood
view of Athens from Anafiotika
Panathenaic Stadium, the only stadium in the world built entirely of marble; built in the 6th century B.C.; renovated in 1896 for the first modern Olympics
so enjoyable to hear the stories and see the pictures. Love to see your smiles! Miss you. Your family is so articulate, I find myself anticipating the next account of reality with the Hartshorn humor. Safe Travels. Love to you, Mama and Papa Barrett
I Love Athens. Did you walk on Mars Hill – The Areopagus?. Its quite something to stand where Paul gave the speech tot he Athenians . I also got to go to Patmos on my Island hopping cruise in 07. Visited the cave where Revelation was penned. truly amazing.
so enjoyable to hear the stories and see the pictures. Love to see your smiles! Miss you. Your family is so articulate, I find myself anticipating the next account of reality with the Hartshorn humor. Safe Travels. Love to you, Mama and Papa Barrett
Somehow we missed this back in October! 🙂
Thank you for following along. We miss you!!!
I Love Athens. Did you walk on Mars Hill – The Areopagus?. Its quite something to stand where Paul gave the speech tot he Athenians . I also got to go to Patmos on my Island hopping cruise in 07. Visited the cave where Revelation was penned. truly amazing.