Yesterday we left Cambridge for Heathrow airport to hit up our flight to Athens, Greece. Overall the flight was smooth, and we arrived on time. We caught the metro, which was totally crowded but actually pretty nice. We got off at the station and were welcomed by what looked / sounded to be a political demonstration with a bus hooked up with megaphones shouting things, that were echoed by others.
Our hostel is in downtown Athens, in an area called Platka. Our hostel is not bad, but we’re definitely looking forward to the hotel at Corinth that we hit tomorrow. Internet coverage is spotty, and half way through uploading a ton of pics to my flickr account I dropped signal. So, look out for those pics later.
Athens is sweet, the food is great, but its as hot as Florida, maybe hotter – so walking around in the peak of the heat was a bit draining today.
As far as our tour today, we hit the Roman and Ancient Agora, Mars Hill, and the Acropolis / Parthenon. I took over 100 pictures, 90 digital and about 30 film. Until I get all those uploaded, here’s a shot of me with the Parthenon in the background…
Cheers!
awesome!
wheres the shirt? ahhhh!
your so lucky…im jealous.
have fun duder!
♥matt
It is said that Alexander stood at that exact spot in front of the Parthenon after having a great cabbage feast, and that the resultant expulsion of gaseous demons left the noble structure in its current state.
How did it feel to stand in the shadow of such a noble spleen?
I like tim’s explanation. Awesome photos. i’m jealous too.
I like tim’s explanation. Awesome photos. i’m jealous too.