Jan. 29th Athens

The room I stayed in... looks nice, but really I had a horible night. Cold and noisy, yuck!!
The Parthenon.
A theatre below the Acropolis that is used to this day by artists such as Elton John etc. (I can't remember the other names I heard).
Entrance to the theatre.

Me and the city of Athens.
Entrance to the Acropolis.
Athens is a HUGE city. It was named after the Greek Goddess Athena. The story goes that when the city was first being named and the temple was being built the Greek Gods Posseidon and Athena gave gifts to the city. Posseidon took his trident and created a spring from which water came endlessly and Athena gave an Olive tree. Since the Olive tree was a sign of peace and was created not by a weapon the citizen decided to name the city after Athena; Athens.
The stone hill where Saint Paul preached from.
Lazy stray guard dog at the Acropolis. :-)
Marble column of the temple of Athena Nike.


At the Parthenon. :-) The people I met here helped me to decide where I was going to stay for the night. Yay!
The Temple of Olympian Zeus.
Theatre of Dionysus which used to hold over 5,000 people. I thought it was pretty cool.
The Erechtheion of the Acropolis. The six maidens supporting the roof of the porch are the Caratids.
One of the little streets I got lost on. At least it's a cool little street that you could see the Parthenon from.
This the a subway station in Athens. You can't really tell, but across the way when they found ruins in the subway as they were building it they built around the ruins and put up glass where the ruins are so that everyone can see them. It's super cool!!
My new room at the Electra Palace. Yes, I'm pampering myself. I deserve it after the last place I stayed.
Tourist Athens is much nicer than the actual city.
The cool litte cafe I had lunch at and talked to some American exchange students that are speninding a semester in Greece and a semester in Itally.