I’m not sure what it is, but I take a lot of pictures of doors when I travel to any European city, and my time in Athens was no exception. Europeans seem to be so much more creative and beautiful in their creation of doors than we are. So, when I get home, I always… Read More 10 Beautiful Doors of Athens
I’ve always struggled with blog postings like “Athens in a Day” and “Three Days in Florence.” What that person wants to do in a day in Athens is almost never completely what I would choose to do. Our priorities are all different as travelers, and if we spend our time trying to travel just like… Read More Athens Map of Top Things to Do
Maybe it’s a holdover of some elementary or middle school lesson I had, but Agora always only means ‘marketplace’ in my mind, so that’s what I think of when I walk through Athens Agora. In reality, however, the Agora was a large meeting place that might house a market one day, a theater performance the… Read More Plaka: Ancient Athens Agora
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens is the church of the Archbishopric of Athens, and all of Greece. Construction on the cathedral became in 1842, and it took three architects and 20 years to complete. The church used parts of 72 other churches, both derelict Byzantine churches, and churches razed for archaeological reasons, in it’s… Read More Athens: Metropolitan Cathedral & Mikri Mitropoli
Eating. It’s one of the best parts of travel as far as I’m concerned. There are always new tastes and surprises, and often a completely new food that becomes a repeated treat during my stay, and a special memory. As you know from my map of things to do in Plaka, Athens, eating in Plaka… Read More 5 Top Places to Eat in Plaka
Anafiotika brings a bit of the feel of the Greek island right into the heart of Plaka, Athens. We had hoped to made a side trip to the Greek islands during our trip. Originally our time in Athens was followed by a cruise through the island. I was so excited, because these islands are gorgeous,… Read More Anafiotika : A Bit of Greek Islands in Athens
I’m not sure exactly what we were expecting the Roman Agora to be, but it wasn’t this. Mostly, it’s a big empty field, with ruins bordering it. And the weird thing is that we could step right up on the ruins and touch things, which was so disorienting we kept looking for the signs that… Read More Athen’s Roman Agora
I love travel books. Often, when browsing a bookstore, I find myself in front of the travel books and maps of foreign cities. The debate begins: I don’t need another travel book. I really don’t need another travel book on my shelf. Am I even ever going to go to Bucharest? …Well, I mean, look… Read More Athens: Plaka in Photos
The New Acropolis Museum stands starkly out from the landscape of Athens. It is a modern, black and glass building, with the top floor perched oddly askew. But for an up close view of the of collections of antiquities, there’s not a better way to do it. And as it turns out, the top floor… Read More New Acropolis Museum
After our time at the Acropolis, Ari (see This Post for details) walked with us over the the Arch of Hadrian and the Temple of Olympus Zeus, regaling us with stories of Greek history and current political intrigue. In previous travels, Scott and I had found to what extent much of European citizen’s concept of… Read More Athens: Arch Hadrian, Temple Zeus