Day 8 Mediterranean Adventures: Athens, Greece

Today was much cooler than previous days on our trip.  Athens was in turmoil this morning as the public transportation workers went on strike!!  The taxi drivers also were out in sympathy for the other workers.  Fortunately, we were on a Holland America tour with private tour bus.  However, because public transportation was not running, people were all in their cars and traffic was terrible.  Of course, if you are watching the International news, Greece is also in a mess with their financial system.  Disregarding all these challenges, we had a great half day trip to the Acropolis and other ancient ruins in Athens. From your Greek history, you will remember  that Athens played an important part in ancient times.  Between the mythological characters and the "real" people of history,  we find ourselves totally confused and vow to check it all out on the Internet ( when it is free).

  We think this must be the theater they show on PBS shows that originate from the Acropolis.

 

We made it to the top and Lydia gets a gold star (or several of them) for making the trip up with us.  It was not an easy one with slippery marble, uneven ground and many, many steps.  There were lots of other tourists and we felt fortunate to get this photo with only a few of them in it. Celebrating a successful trip down from the Acropolis and the Parthenon.