April 15

4-15: Today was Greece! Amazing - just one country after another. We took a tour called Highlights of Athens - we went to the original Olympic Stadium that has been restored and they still use it. Then we went to the Acropolis which was fantastic. It is a real hike so Ginnie stayed in the café at the bottom. Acropolis literally means “city on a hill” and it was on a hill. The view from there was spectacular. The Parthenon - which was a temple to Athena - was huge - many of the columns are still standing. It was all wonderful to see after having heard about it for so long. There was another temple up there also which was much smaller then the Parthenon. Much of the original is gone - many of the statues are in the British Museum and the large statue of Athena was taken to Constantinople in the 1400s. From the Acropolis we could see the whole city of Athens. We could see another temple - one to Zeus - and two separate theaters. The day was beautiful - cool and sunny. Tomorrow a sea day and then Rome.