I’m finally going through my pictures of Greece and trying to pick out the ones that might be of interest to others. All of them are meaningful to me. I will post a link to the entire album once I have them uploaded and commented.
Here are a few pictures of the main points of interest in Athens that we visited.
The old Olympic stadium in Athens is also known as the Panathinaiko or Kallimarmaron stadium. It is beautiful. It is made of marble. Take a look at the seats/steps. They are all marble. It is in very good condition but they do not allow you to walk in/on it.
The Temple of Zeus was very interesting. Our guide was informative but I now remember very little of what he said. It’s so easy to research and retrieve that information now that I don’t need to store it in my brain. In the distance you can see the Acropolis.
The Acropolis is the thing I most heard about before coming to Greece. The Parthenon is the temple that sits atop it. I didn’t know much about it but I recognized it immediately whenever I saw photographs of it. It is amazing to me that it is right in the center of the city. It just sits up there surrounded by everything. They are working to preserve it. It is mind boggling to stand beside something so old and treasured.
There is an amphitheater at the Acropolis called the Odeon of Herodes Atticus that is still used for concerts. You can see in the background of the picture that the city is very dense. There are so many buildings and very little trees. When you walk around the acropolis there are trees. It is too bad they didn’t preserve some of them in the city as well.
There are many other points of interest in Athens but we were only there for a couple of days.