By morning, Athens looked a little less modern. The Acropolis still stood in the distance from our room, and we were keen to get there after a quick breakie. The hotel manager suggested we WALK to the Acropolis, only 20 minutes away, but I think he must have been joking, The hill is HUGE, and it would have taken longer than 20 minutes just to reach the base…I didn’t even have to talk Iz into taking the Metro, and coughing our lungs up, we both made the two stops to the Acropolis. The Theatre of Dionyssos sits at the bottom of the hill, and is mostly in tact, in terms of the seating, The size of the theatre, however, would have been much larger than it is today, and the Athenians would come here to watch
... read more