Frustrated in Athens

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Hmmmm... Athens, what can I say. Rude, dirty and hot. Not the most tourist friendly town although many tourists come here to see the Acropolis and marble pillars and what not from Ancient Greece. We stayed in a small hotel, and after one day we were ready to leave. So we changed our flight to as soon as possible, but that still left us here for 3 whole days.

Problems here were that people are just plain rude, and they won't accept 50 euro notes, although that is all the ATMs will give you. So you are stuck unable to purchase anything with your money nor get change anywhere unless your lucky.

We did what any tourist in Athens would do... and that was to go see the Acropolis... this unfortunately was also a disappointment. It is currently (since 6 years ago) being refurbished and had scaffolding and construction surrounding it. So the pictures in many parts where crap and the cost was still full price at around 12 euros.

In the evening we would just cruise around to different pubs with some backpackers we met at one of the other hostels. And eventually we got to 19th when our flight to Frankfurt and our travels through the rest of Europe would commence.

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Photos

Overlooking Athens
Yep, that's me admiring the pillars' heights.

Playing in Zeus' Temple
A panoramic shot of myself destroying Zeus' temple.

Ancient Amphitheatre
A shot of the Amphitheatre from Ancient times, looking down at it from the Acropolis.

Goofy & Cool
Steve is trying to pose like some famous Greek statue, I think he just looks like a idiot.

Zeus' Temple
Here is a shot of Zeus' temple, which use to have around 100 pillars or so, but over time now only a few remain... and one you can see has fallen down.

Pillars Closeup
Just a closeup of the pillars in Zeus' temple.

Acropolis
The only shot of the Acropolis that had minimal scaffolding surrounding it.

Kick those Horses!
The sculpture along the roof shows a man laying down and kicking a horse in the mouth... not sure what that is suppose to symbolize.

Roman Agora
Just more random ancient structures we came across while walking through the city.

Comments

[Walper]

rad
For being an un-friendly place, looks like you guys did have some fun