Athens

We arrived in Athens after a 3.5 hour flight from London, crossed over Europe and had some great views of the Alps we managed to get some great photos from the plane.

What can we say about Athens, it is a big city with modern and ancient buildings all co existing in the one place. We are staying in the Plaka district which is the old part of town, and from our hotel we have the most amazing view of the Acropolis sitting on the hill over looking all of Athens. It is no wonder that the Ancient Greeks picked this particular hill to build this amazing place with temples dedicated to all their gods like Athena, Zeus and Apollo just to name a few.

On our second day in Athens we had a tour organised , so we visited all the sights including the Old Olympic stadium , site of the first modern Olympics in 1896 Panatinakous. Then we went to the temple of Zeus , Hadrian's Arch a monument to the Roman Emperor as well as the New Parliament and Syntagma Square . But the highlight of our tour was the New Acropolis Museum where they discovered ancient Athens . At the time they started building the museum they discovered this ancient city , so they built the floor all of glass so the archeologist could continue with the excavations underneath the building . So as well as enjoying all the ancient monuments and parts of the parthenon that they have on display to protect them from the elements , you can see the old city on the underground  level.  

The next stop was the Acropolis , and what an amazing place. There are no words to describe the Parthenon or the temple of Athena , except that it is the most spectacular building from Ancient times, I can only imagine what it would have been like in its glory days. The photos will give you a small glimpse of what it is like, but it needs to be seen ......