This Christmas our daughters had time to take a vacation with us, and with no other commitments we decided to go away for the holidays. And we lucked into some lovely weather in Athens - 17C most days and sunny! We also walked a lot - my fitbit registered 20 thousand steps for the first time - and then for 5 days after!
We started in our tour at the temple of Olympian Zeus and Hadrian's arch. Both are in the arm of a busy section of streets. Both of these date back 2000 years.
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| Hadrian's Arch |
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| Temple of Olympian Zeus |
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| The Temple with the Acropolis in the distance |
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| A busy street scene - Christmas shopping in full swing. |
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| High stepping changing of the guard at the Parliament building. |
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Did you know that the pompoms hid a spike - during the Ottoman regime the guards were not allowed to carry weapons.
We had a visit to a contemporary art museum called Frissaris where we saw an exhibition by European women artists from the second half of the Twentieth Century. Below are a few pieces in the exhibit.
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| the interior of the Frissaris. |
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