First days in Athens GreeceOct 15, 2009
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First 3 days were in a standard hotel...but a resonable view of...
Night view of Lycabettus Hill got us excited for Athens.
Night view of the Parthenon and the Acropolis from our hotel.
The lead up to Athens -We all looked forward to Athens as it is the center and symbol of so many myths. -We were discouraged by many who told us that Athens is "just a city". -We were discouraged by Greeks who said that 1-2 days is enough, see the Acropolis and get out. -We were discouraged by the Athenean on Naxos who said "Athens is Hell, just Hell."
Well...Athens is just a city...yes...but... ...a city with the Acropolis, a city with Museums of pottery, Archeology, War, Maritime exploits and Musical instruments. Athens is just a city with international art shows and theater. Athens is just a city with its own individual sense, a personality. Athens may not be one of the "Great Cities", it will not often be listed in a sentence with New York, London nor Paris but it is a place to see, a place to spend time, a place that we can easily spend 13 days in and not come close to exploring it all..simply because there is so much here to see. Lucky for us the negative things said about Athens only affected our attitude towards the city for the first day...after that we saw Athens for what it is, a fine city with much to offer those who look for things....and I can write this with a smile for it is 23:30 and the boys just got to bed, for we were out at a free public street performance...fire, juggling, acrobatics, more fire, stilts, more fire...you don't get that sort of thing anywhere except these big cities.
