after meteora, pert and i spent the next day in athens so that he could check out the ruins before heading to the greek islands. it happened to be some national bank holiday on the monday we were there so it meant that we got free entry into the acropolis and the national archaelogical museum! that saved us at least 20 euro :)
we first headed to the acropolis which was jam packed with tourists even at 9 in the morning. as touristy as it is, it is still amazing to see these ruins that have existed for thousands of years. per usual, they were renovating the parthenon so there were lovely cranes around the top as well.
we walked to the temple of hephaestus after that in the roman agora which may have been my favorite. it is one of the best preserved temples that is still around.
after a quick bite near the plaka, we headed to the national archaelogical museum to kill a little more time before our fast boat to mykonos. honestly...i suck at museums. personally, i would rather see something historic in its original environment like the acropolis or notre dame for example versus 50 million pieces of jewely/knives/what have you not displayed under flourescent lighting with a sign that has 4 languges on it. with that said, there were a few cool statues that i enjoyed at the museum which were the aphrodite and zeus ones. similar to my last trip to greece, we only spent about half a day there which was plenty for me!
we first headed to the acropolis which was jam packed with tourists even at 9 in the morning. as touristy as it is, it is still amazing to see these ruins that have existed for thousands of years. per usual, they were renovating the parthenon so there were lovely cranes around the top as well.
parthenon
after a quick bite near the plaka, we headed to the national archaelogical museum to kill a little more time before our fast boat to mykonos. honestly...i suck at museums. personally, i would rather see something historic in its original environment like the acropolis or notre dame for example versus 50 million pieces of jewely/knives/what have you not displayed under flourescent lighting with a sign that has 4 languges on it. with that said, there were a few cool statues that i enjoyed at the museum which were the aphrodite and zeus ones. similar to my last trip to greece, we only spent about half a day there which was plenty for me!
temple of hephaestus
aphrodite from the museum
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