Day 2 in Athens

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Had a four hour plane delay leaving JFK, so by the time I got to my hotel on Monday it was about 430ish.

Athens... WOW! Everytime you turn around you're looking at some relic of different times... Roman, Ottoman, Byzantine. It's amazing.

During my first two days I went up the Acropolis twice, went to the Olympic Stadium, the Temple of Zeus, Hadrian's Arch, the Roman Forum, the ancient Agora, the National Gardens and a bunch of other sites. I've also spent hours wandering (sort of intentionally lost) through the different sections of Athens... Monastraki, Plaka, Pysiri.

Today I had a piece of real cocunut and watermelon juice.

That's enough writing, here are some pictures... (hopefully, we'll see how well this works)

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Photos

Scales
Scales for weighing of souls. The National Archaeological Museum had some amazing artifacts. Some incredible gold treasures including death masks and intricate golden cups. There where also amazing statues and vases. Saw many epic scenes of Herakles, Thesseus, and the Gods.

Comments

[Leslie]

What do you need to upload your pics?
I will be going to Hreece for 2 weeks, Sept 13th...I was wondering how you went about uploading your pics to the site? Do you need the camera cord that attaches to the computer? Or is it just from the memory card? I'm still a digital camera newbie...any info would be helpful! Thanks, my email is [e-mail]

[Odysseus]

Travel
Traveling alone is directly proportional to how removed you will be from the familiar, which will, ultimately, make for a richer, if not easier, journey.