Day 79, 4/6/24  Athens Greek

Finally we come to the land of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle…cradle of western civilization….and not to forget, ground zero for all those Greek mythologies with temples and monuments dedicated to Zeus, Athena, Apollo, Poseidon… Etc

Acropolis is the name of the hill where Parthenon sits… together with Erectheion, and the Temple of Athena Nike (before I kept referring to the Parthenon as Acropolis, not knowing that Parthenon is the building, and Acropolis is the Hill) .. These iconic buildings dominates the Athenian sky and you can see it from afar and in most places of the city….. It closely intertwined with modern Athens daily life, just like their mythology

Parthenon was a temple dedicated to the goddess Athena built during the fifth century BC

Temple of Athena Nike

Erectheion, the most ornamental of the 3 buildings

Athens is one of the cities that claims to be built on 7 hills (the others includes Rome, Jerusalem… Etc) , our guide told us that we are already speaking Greek or Greek origin words every day : politics, democracy, aristocracy, museum, theater, micro… Very interesting…  

After descending from the Acropolis, we make a quick stop at the Olympics stadium made entirely of  marbles

Next stop is their famous Plaka shopping district, beautiful relax place full of interesting shops and restaurants where you can roam for hours… But we only have two including lunch

Princess also invited locals to come onboard and do a Greek folkloric song and dance presentation which adds so much more texture to this trip

Athens Greece is full of characters, colors and flavors…. A phenomenal port stop!!