Athens Day One.

Day 1 in Greece and we hit the ground running! Starting off with a tour of the Acropolis, which was stunning and one of the things I have ALWAYS wanted to see, checking out the Ancient Agora and meandering through the new Acropolis Museum it was a day packed with history. It amazing me to think that the same paths that I walked through the Acropolis and the Agora were all paths that some of the most famous names in history once walked (Plato, Homer, Socrates, Pythagorus, etc). The construction of the Parthenon is amazing too, the pillars are all tapered at the top and tilted slightly inward to force the perspective of a straight line, how they could even come up with that back then is amazing! Walking through the museum however it was quite sad to see that empty spots that are serving as place holders for artifacts that were taken by the Brits many years ago and have not yet been returned (those darn brits!).

The Acropolis is still an active archaeological dig, so there's "construction" going on everywhere!

Parliament guards in traditional uniform. Yes, those are cotton tights and long sleeves and its around 100 degrees most days, poor guys.

The front of the Parthenon. Apparently the scaffolding has been there for the last 30ish years.

You can clearly see all of Athens from the top of the Acropolis!

The Ancient Greek Agora.

A headless and limbless statue of Hadrian, I'm sure this is how he wanted to be immortalized....

Back of the Parthenon sans scaffolding.

Greek cat! They are EVERYWHERE and I think I have picture of almost all of them.

A cute little bottle of Greek Coca-Cola Light.

These pigeons cracked me up! Even they thought it was too hot out and needed a nap in the shade.

You can check out more pictures from our adventures in Greece here.

xoxo,
Abby