The New Acropolis Museum When we finally finished the bucket we travelled all the way back to the heart of Athens, back to where we started; opposite the Acropolis. For those who don’t know, the New Acropolis Museum stays open until ten o’clock at night on Friday’s and […]
Best Gyros Place in Athens? I think so Next up was Glyfada, Vouliagmeni and Voula; located only on the very far end of the other side, where the land looks like it curves in on itself like a spiralling wave. Getting on the tram we spent the most […]
Some pieces from the pediments on the Acropolis Eek. This would probably have been a very nice piece of art if they still had heads. Today was an alright start at 8:30AM-after a humid breakfast in the heat we walked over to where (as I told you already […]
By Homer “And then darkness covered their eyes…” So was it nighttime? By MoonlightWalnut aka Elayne Snowhawk The Iliad-beautiful and devastating, lovely and tragic-this is probably how I would sum it up. This classic poem by Homer, (not from The Simpsons, mind you) written in Ancient Greek, […]
Smile! For dinner, instead we checked in to a pretty tourist place called Smile! located on Syngrou Avenue, on the corner. Not saying it’s hard to find-there’s a bright green logo on top that says ‘Recommended by Trip Advisor’. The atmosphere wasn’t exactly divine-the smoke passed straight through […]