Greece was our first international trip across the ocean. We truly considered it a “dream come true.” Our first stop on this grand trip was Athens!
April 14, 2019
We arrived in Athens, Greece at 9:00 AM and caught our transfer to the hotel. However, because of a bike race he couldn’t drop us off at the hotel and instead took us to the subway which we had to take 5 stops to Syntagma Square.
Because check-in wasn’t for another few hours we dropped our packs at the hotel and went for a walk.
Zappeion Conference Hall!
National Garden!
Temple of Olympian Zeus!
April 15, 2019
Today was our Acropolis + Museum Tour! We left the hotel around 9:00 AM and grabbed breakfast at Snoyo.
After breakfast we met our tour group!
Propylea
Erechtheion
Temple of Athena Nike
Parthenon
Odeon of Herodes Atticus
Theatre of Dionysus
Fun facts from our tour:
The knobs on the side of the stones were used to help lift them
Each major city worshipped a different god (i.e. Athens worshipped Athena)
A lot of the Acropolis was destroyed by wars
The color that was part of the statues were made from rock mixed with eggs
Many of the Acropolis artifacts are in London
Happy Hour @ Yard
April 16, 2019
Left the hotel around 8:00 AM to find the Ancient Agora! While we were on our way we happened to find this beautiful church and Monastraki Square (because it was so early in the morning it was pretty quiet).
Monastiraki Square early in the morning.
Ancient Agora!
Hadrian’s Library!
A for Athens!
Stairs here were pretty much vertical!
Panathenaic Stadium!
Lyttebetus Hill!
Misafir!
That’s it for Athens for now, tomorrow we’re off to Mykonos!