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The first thing we did in Athens was visit the
Acropolis and the Ancient Agora. |
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| It's a long walk up
to the Acropolis, so we stopped for a lunch break at a cafe on the way. An extra bonus was
that we got a view of the Ancient Agora. |
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| The Parthenon itself, still with
scaffold after all these years. When Jim and Kirsten first saw the Parthenon, on their honeymoon
in 1995, it had scaffold as well. |
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| A very picturesque
entrance sign to the Acropolis. Luckily, most of the signs in Greece have both English characters
and Greek characters! |
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| Jim
standing in front of the theater of Herod Atticus built by the Romans in 161 AD. The theater
is just below the Acropolis and is still used for classical concerts, ballet, and other performances
of high cultural value. |
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| The
six Caryatids, maidens who support the southern portico of the Erechtheion at the Acropolis.
These are actually plaster casts; the originals are in the Acropolis museum to protect them
from the elements. |
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| A
view of the Acropolis with the ruins of Ancient Agora in the foreground. The Agora was the
focal point of civic and social life in ancient Athens. |
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