Saturday, May 21, 2011

Athens - Day 8

We started the day with a segway tour:
'Panathenaic Stadium', the stadium which held the first modern Olympic Games (and the finish for the annual marathon)

segments of the segway tour
(part of which went through the National Gardens)

the changing of the guards, in front of Parliament

Parliament

The best meal of our trip, at Taverna Platanos.
Fred had cucumber salad, veal and potatoes.
Heather had roasted, rice-stuffed tomatoes and sauteed spinach

On to the Acropolis; the view from Areopagus Hill

Odeon of Herodes Atticus

Athens in the background

the Parthenon

the Temple of Athena Nike

the Temple of Athena Nike

Parthenon

Parthenon

Erechtheion

Temple of Zeus (from the Parthenon)

Temple of Zeus

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