Athens, Greece

Steven and Patricia had shown us a wonderful time in Rome, but it was time to move on to our next destination. The morning of May 15, we flew to Athens, Greece.

It was at the airport where we hooked up with our Fun For Less tour group.

While in the bus, we drove by the Running Man which is sculpted completely out of sheets of glass.

We began our group sightseeing tour of Athens and the Acropolis.

But first--getting everyone in the group all situated with our whisper perfect receivers and headphones that allow the tour guide to talk into a headset and then everyone in the large group can hear every word the guide says.

And we could wander around a little bit away from the group and still hear what the guide was saying. Those things were awesome!!

The Odeon of Herodes Atticus was built in 161 AD and was used as a venue for music concerts with a capacity of 5,000. It was destroyed in 267 AD. The audience seats and the orchestra stage were restored in the 1950s and is still being used today for musical venues.

The Acropolis of Athens is an ancient citadel located on a high rocky outcrop above the city of Athens.

There are the remains of several ancient buildings, one of which is the Parthenon. There is a major reconstruction effort going on to try and reconstruct it to look how it would have looked in 438 BC when it was first completed.

 The Parthenon is a former temple dedicated to the goddess Athena, whom the people of Athens consider their patron.

 The Erechtheion is another Greek temple located on the Acropolis which was dedicated to both Athena and Poseidon.

The scene looking out over the city of Athens from atop the Acropolis.

Zooming in on the ruins of the Temple of Olympian Zeus. Originally there were 104 Corinthian columns with only 15 remaining standing today.

Theater of Dionysus situated at the foot of the Acropolis is the birthplace of European theater. As early as 534 BC famous Greek tragedies and comedies were performed here.

On the Acropolis you can look over and see Mars' Hill where Paul taught.

We were climbing down from the Acropolis so we could go over and climb up Mars' Hill.

On top of Mars' Hill with the Acropolis in the background.

This is where Paul preached about the unknown god. It was through their idolatry that he taught the people that we are the offspring of a living God.

We were happy when our tour group took us to our hotel and released us to go to dinner on our own. Of course we wanted to eat with Steven and Patricia, so we found a restaurant and ordered some good food.

This sign on the street certainly confirmed that we were in Greece because it was all Greek to me!

Total step count for the day was 14,841 which is 7.49 miles.