Our first day in Athens. Or: Anything but the Acropolis. We drove 45 min from the Campsite out in the sticks to a big mall (where we fit into the underground parking with our hight just shy of 2 meters) and after a breakfast used the great subway connection right into the heart of the City. Or more precisely: The ancient heart …
Destination: Inner city Athens. End of our looong journey to get here
Graffitied train of the green metro line going right through an archaelogical site
Temple of Hephaestus from the other side of the Agora
Detail of the Hephaestion
The reconstructed Stoa of Attalos in the back holds the Museum for this site.
A “gift” from a Chinease delegation. “What if Socrates and Confutious had met” … such a kind offer HAD to be placed in the most prominent space, right?
Seems sketchy, but there was a 150 year old painting in the museum showing it in the same state. So, should be fine …
This neural net is getting properly trained
Ancient signet ring, and a seal stamped from it
Not the easies conversation, explaining burial offering to my 6 year old …
This is another 1000 years older than the whole Socrates and so on part. Layers upon layers …
captivating statues all around. this one grabbed my attention.
Against my “plan”. the Ancient Agora was our first proper stop. This is inside the museum
in case it was unclear
Someone finding his calling, it seems
Btw, the real thing was behind the window on the left
A permanent flea market in the heart of Athens – number one loved it
Delicious sea food – all for myself, not even adventerous AoE wanted to share …
Fountain and parliament building
Guard in front of the parliament
Our first tortoise!
Trying the old trick again…it didn’t work, they were all sour.
No entry today
Not much to see here at the moment
One column fell down during a storm and lies like this ever after
Not a chance to get a good photo of this site. Hadrian build it between the old town and the new town which he claimed for himself
Walking through the tiny lanes of Anafiotika, a place within the quarter of Plaka in Athens
What a lovely space to have a coffee in!
Cuddles before our “tea for 2” arrived
Coffee time happiness
Both kids agreed to share a chocolate pie and they ate it up until the last bite. Which I had…it tasted surprisingly boozy. -.-
Unintensionally happy kids
The most interesting thing for kids in Hadrian’s Library is tortous
Posing in Anafiotika
Number 3 replacing an early victim of his severe carsickness….we actually threw out the filling of his cushion, after….you know….
