Greece: Ancient Athens

So to make this more interesting, I’m going to do that thing where I put up lots of beautiful pictures and then explain stuff from there. It makes reading this blog a lot more fun and hey, it makes it a lot easier for me to write stuff ☺

Olympic Stadium—obviously where the Olympic games were held back in the day. But not THAT old. Still cool to see though.

Ancient ruins from the old Greek city. Found when excavating to build the new Parthenon museum. It was so interesting to see them and think what this place had been used for. Then you get to thinking about how this all is underground and well, how the hell did that happen? Anyway, when you walk through the museum of the first level, the floor is clear so you are able to see the ruins underneath. It’s pretty sweet.

Ancient meets Modern—I just thought this was really cool because you see all these buildings from today, and then the ancient Parthenon in the background. It’s crazy how these ruins just pop up everywhere.

Ruins of a Grecian theatre. I loved this, and the awesome view of the city in the background.

The Erechtheum: Ancient Greek temple on the north side of the Acropolis

Mom and I and the Parthenon! What a great pic :)

Oh, ya know, just all of Athens. Absolutely beautiful.

There were literally little pieces of history everywhere. It was unreal.

And of course, the Parthenon.

Athens was beautiful. At least the parts with all the history. I loved the Planka district, or at least that's how I think you spell it. It has some great shops and restaurants. Greek jewelry is also really awesome because everything has a meaning. Things I learned: the owl stands for wisdom; greek key symbol for eternity; serpent for medicine; spiral represents the circle of life. I felt like I went on a little trip back in time...next up: the Greek island of Mykonos.