Last day in Athens
Acropolis
This part is pretty explanatory.
We got there first thing in the morning which was just as well because Athens had decided to burn off the last of its fog and rain and belt down with the sun. Luckily the dormant Greek DNA kicked in and although we felt roasted we didn't burn at all.
Makes me shudder to wonder what it would be like in peak season.
What's actually happening now is that they're building the Acropolis using the original parts where possible. Above the Agora - which literally translates to market. Coincidentally that's what it was in the Olden Days (those Greeks. They're just so sneaky!) although now it's just a tourist curiousity. This is where I was introduced to the weird museum custom in Greece in that you're allowed to take photos of statues but nobody is meant to be in the photo with them. I can't think for the life of me what it could be. Often the rules were there purely for copyright purposes but most were just bizarre especially when they're coming from a Greek mamma telling you off for sitting in a rock after she's put her cigarette butt out on one of them.
We also got introduced to the Great Greek Sentiment of "Eh" (add shrug of shoulders and slight curling of lip). All through Athens you could see how much work they put in to beautify it for the Olympics but they hadn't touched it since. The national museum had what would have been a beautiful herb garden out the front but hadn't had a gardener touch it in awhile.
One place towards the end of the trip that we went to had had millions of euros spent on it but not a cent since. Paths had overgrown and a pond had formed in an excavation. Just bizarre.
posted by Tari @ 7:24 pm
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