Athens

Back to Prague after a fabulous 12 days in Greece. We flew into Athens, which thanks to the Olympics in 2004 has a metro from the airport to the centre of Athens...all very civilized and easy to get around.


Our room had a huge verandah with views up to Lykavittos Hill.

Our first day, of course, started with the Acropolis.
Theatre of Dionysos

Theatre of Herodus Atticus


The Parthenon. N decided to give her fringe a trim before we left Prague - very Linda Evangelistic style!


The Erechtheion, with the six maiden supporting collumns.

At the northern foothills of the Acropolis is Ancient Agora. It was the marketplace of ancient Athens.
One of the main monuments is the Temple of Hephaestus.
Then we wondered around Plaka and had a traditional Greek lunch here.


Energised from lunch and a new pink hat, we powered on to the Temple of Olympian Zeus, which was begun in C6th BC and completed by Hadrian in 131AD. The collumns are 17m high.

We also fed the pigeons at Parliament house. M had lots of friends that day, as you can see. N just didn't have enough perch areas to satisfy the volumes that flocked to daddy. This is where you can see the guards in traditional uniform.


We also visited the National Archeological Museum, Lykavittos Hill and the Planetarium.