Greetings Blog Buddies! So, this morning we went to the Temple to Olympian Zeus and the Temple and Theatre of Dionysus. Both places were really amazing (get used to hearing this adjective). The Olympian Zeus Temple was built by Hadrian and now has 15 remaining columns left (one was felled due to a thunderstorm). The Theatre was also very nice-they were doing a lot of construction work to preserve it, so it was not quite the somber, awe-inspiring moment you would imagine, but still cool all the same. I think my favorite part of the more touristy sites like the temples and theatres has to be the whistle blowers. Yup. These people are the Ninjas of Attica. Step just a foot out of line and bam! They come out from the trees, behind columns, and from the graves blowing their whistles. Yes. They literally sit in trees and hide behind columns and yes, they really do have whistles.
After visiting the two sites, we were given an hour and a half for lunch. Despite all the "dumb American" moments I've had so far (especially dealing with the hotel room and how things work), I was able to make it up somewhat. I negotiated for some worry beads IN GREEK and saved 2 euro. Okay, the whole thing wasn't in Greek, but I did say hello, asked how much, and said please and thank you. It's a start!
After lunch, we went up to the Acropolis. It is absolutely stunning! The Parthenon is currently under some renovations/ conservations, but I did get some good pictures without any construction. I'm going to try to photoshop some of the construction out of the other pictures. As wonderful as the Parthenon was, I think my favorite temple on the Acropolis was the Erechtheum. It is a beautiful Ionic temple and is a lot smaller than its big sister, which is Doric. I'll let the pictures do the talking when they get posted because I really can't describe it properly otherwise.
LOLZ. Ninjas...
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