Athens Pictures

Athens

We spent the first three days of the honeymoon in Athens. It's always interesting to turn a corner and suddenly find yourself face-to-face with structures that date back centuries before Christ. Just watch out for those taxi drivers and their funky meter tricks.

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This is a picture of Frances in the stadium which was the site of the first modern Olympic games.

This is Ed at the Acropolis. On the left, you can see the Caryatids.

These are 2 pictures taken in the Acropolis museum. Someday, someone will explain to us why you can take pictures of the objects (without a flash, of course), but not pictures of the objects with people in them.

In any event, the one on the left is a bear or lion. The one on the right is a horse, which is included because Ed liked the lighting.

This is a view of the Parthenon at the Acropolis, more or less you see it when you walk in.

These are columns in the Temple of Hephastus in the Ancient Agora. The Ancient Agora is located below the Acropolis, and the Temple of Hephastus (also known as the temple of Theseus because of the motif of much of the artwork) is one of the oldest and best preserved temples in Greece.

This is a view of the Acropolis from the Ancient Agora.

This is Frances in the Ancient Agora. Over the trees to the right, you can see the top of the Temple of Hephastus. Those trees weren't supposed to be blocking quite as much of the temple as they are.

	This is a picture of Frances in the stadium which was the site of the first modern Olympic games.
	This is Ed at the Acropolis. On the left, you can see the Caryatids.
	These are 2 pictures taken in the Acropolis museum. Someday, someone will explain to us why you can take pictures of the objects (without a flash, of course), but not pictures of the objects with people in them. In any event, the one on the left is a bear or lion. The one on the right is a horse, which is included because Ed liked the lighting.
	This is a view of the Parthenon at the Acropolis, more or less you see it when you walk in.
	These are columns in the Temple of Hephastus in the Ancient Agora. The Ancient Agora is located below the Acropolis, and the Temple of Hephastus (also known as the temple of Theseus because of the motif of much of the artwork) is one of the oldest and best preserved temples in Greece.
	This is a view of the Acropolis from the Ancient Agora.
	This is Frances in the Ancient Agora. Over the trees to the right, you can see the top of the Temple of Hephastus. Those trees weren't supposed to be blocking quite as much of the temple as they are.