A parting shot of the Parthenon
Note just how rocky and inhospitable the terrain is on top of the Acropolis. I can't imagine Sophocles, Aristotle and Homer waltzing around up here in their open-toed sandals. There are humongous, uneven blocks of rock everywhere. I doubt that the goats that lived up here could go a whole day without tripping over some of these boulders. They'd be wise to post a medic up here on rainy days just for all the tourists losing their footing on all the slippery rocks. If this were in the U.S. lawyers would have shut this place down years ago.
Greece achieved its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1829. During the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, it gradually added neighboring islands and territories, most with Greek-speaking populations. In Worl... ... read more 
