First stop of the day - the Benaki Museum Islamic Arts Collection. A private museum, they discovered these ruins underneath when laying the foundations for the building.
Hubby striking a Greek hero pose in front of a Doric temple in the Ancient Agora (Marketplace) of Athens.
It may not be your typical paper umbrella in ice tea, but it's close enough. This was at the foot of the Acropolis.
En route to the Acropolis, we were able to look down to the Theatre of Herod Atticus. It is still in use during summer.
In front of the main temple on the Acropolis. Scaffolding all over the place as they're still putting the pieces back together.
A view from the top. In the background is the Temple of Olympian Zeus - just a few columns remaining in a park.
At the Temple of Olympian Zeus, with the Acropolis in the background.
The Panathinaiko Stadium - no, not the football team, but the site of the FIRST modern Olympic games. It is built in the design of traditional Greek stadia. I wonder where they buried Baron de Coubertin's heart...
We ended the day with a meal in a traditional Greek taverna. The food wasn't very good - Greeks don't seem to be very creative with vegetarian fare - but the folk dance show made up for it.
First stop of the day - the Benaki Museum Islamic Arts Collection. A private museum, they discovered these ruins underneath when laying the foundations for the building. 
Hubby striking a Greek hero pose in front of a Doric temple in the Ancient Agora (Marketplace) of Athens.
It may not be your typical paper umbrella in ice tea, but it's close enough. This was at the foot of the Acropolis.
En route to the Acropolis, we were able to look down to the Theatre of Herod Atticus. It is still in use during summer.
In front of the main temple on the Acropolis. Scaffolding all over the place as they're still putting the pieces back together.
A view from the top. In the background is the Temple of Olympian Zeus - just a few columns remaining in a park.
At the Temple of Olympian Zeus, with the Acropolis in the background.
The Panathinaiko Stadium - no, not the football team, but the site of the FIRST modern Olympic games. It is built in the design of traditional Greek stadia. I wonder where they buried Baron de Coubertin's heart...
We ended the day with a meal in a traditional Greek taverna. The food wasn't very good - Greeks don't seem to be very creative with vegetarian fare - but the folk dance show made up for it.
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