I saw so many animals in Greece, that I started to name them, and then I joked about making a post just for them... well here you go, some of the animals free to roam around Greece. Enjoy!
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Today we said to good-bye to Athens, packed up and headed to the mountain-side town of Delphi. We got there in the evening and just enjoyed what we saw. I treated Lynette to dinner since it was her birthday, and we did a bit of shopping.
The next day we went to explore Delphi's ruins. Up bright and early (aka, 8:00ish) we ate and then headed to the airport to pick up our car for our day down the coast to visit Poseidon's Temple and the sea! We spent the afternoon sun bathing, eating baklava, reading, and writing and then headed to the hill where the Temple stood.
Our last official day touring Athens, we finished visiting the ruins by heading to Kermaikos and it's attached museum. We meandered around, picked up a kebab for lunch, and then found the post office so Lynette could send some post cards. Then we headed to the last site of ruins: Zesus' Temple. Lynette had more shopping to do, but before we went back to the main district we decided to climb up Philopappos Hill.
After our usual wake up, wander down to breakfast, and then figure out what we're going to do routine we headed out to conquer the Acropolis! Next we headed to Mars Hill, which is where the Apostle Paul spent a lot of his time preaching. We continued our tour of Ancient ruins by heading to the Roman Agora, and then to Hadrian's Library. There aren't many pictures of the Roman Agora, so I'm just going to jump to the Library.
Woke up to a rainy day so after breakfast around 10:00 we chilled in the hotel for a bit before heading to the Culture Music Museum. When we left it wasn't raining anymore, so we headed to the southern slopes of the Acropolis. After lunch we headed to the Acropolis Museum because it was looking like rain again.
Did you know that Rick Steves has audio tours that you can use? Well, they're fantastic, and we used them several times during our trips out--including this first tour of the capital. I have a video of the guards changing here: Changing of the Guards On this tour we also looked at Hadrian's Library, Zeus' Temple, Hadrian's Arch, and the Roman Agora. However, later in the week we actually entered all these sites, so I will wait to show you pictures of them later.
After we finished the city tour we napped a bit back at the hotel, and then went to explore the ruins of the Greek Agora with the aid of Rick's lovely commentary. This area was basically the city's center of commerce and social gatherings back in the day. It's here that the philosophers would have their discussions, voting would occur, and the market thrived. I LOVE flying. White. Pure white. It's all I see out the tiny plane window. If I could angle myself correctly, so that the plane's wing disappeared and I didn't see any of my window, I would get completely lost in bright, piercing white. I've been in pitch black before, but this complete whiteness is new, wonderful, but overwhelming.
Then we break through and there's blue. Brilliant light blue. Under me are pillow clouds, the kind I could jump on in a dream. They merge with the sky's blue so that it gets increasingly blue the farther above the clouds my eyes travel. It's a landscape all of it's own; with hills, canyons, rivers, and forests of fluffy beauty. It stretches on, and on--farther than the ocean, and yet my vision makes it look like it ends at the last cloudy slope. The sun is bright behind me, even the clouds are hard to look at because of it's bright glory. Layers upon layers of clouds. Some look scattered and flimsy, but others apear so dense it's like a snowy landscape, and I wish I could explore it more. If I didn't know I was soaring above clouds, I could almost make myself believe I was flying low over an arctic land. It barely looks like we're moving, like if I was walking on the cloud ice I could keep up with the plane. Perception is a beautiful, amazing concept. I promise pictures are coming, but I have to organize all 500 (ish) of them, so it may be a little bit....
I plan on doing a day by day account of the trip, but I wanted to just give an overview of it all here:) I traveled all day April 25, stayed in Athens the 26- 30, traveled to Delphi on May 1, returned to Athens May 2, and then traveled most of the day today. Lynette and I saw lots of awesome views, ruins, cats, ate good food, and rested in the sun. She is a wonderful traveling companion, and made my week the most relaxing vacation I've ever had. (Thanks Lynette!) I look forward to sharing my adventures with you! |
AuthorSalut! Je suis etudiante de francais. Well, I'm doing my best to learn French at any rate:) Je suis Son (I am His) is the documentation of my semester in Normandy with the Chez Vous Institute and the Universite de Caen. Categories
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