Acropolis 1998

Jo-Ann
23.7.98 - Went to the Acropolis and walked down some beautiful little back streets to get there.  Very busy but what a beautiful landmark.  Walked round the Plaka and I bought a lovely ring - gold and silver $150.  Bought lots of souvenirs, worry beads etc. and ate a very expensive lunch.  Using public transport in Athens it is very easy.  Ate at a restaurant on the beach opposite our hotel.  Pollution in Athens is terrible, they are mad drivers.


Christian
Day 29 - Today we went to the Parthenon on top of the Acropolis.  Acropolis means high city.  It was built made out of tonnes of marble.  The columns are staked high, but inside filled with an iron bar that had been refilled with titanium because of rust problems.  The turkish once invaded it once and blew up most of it leaving only 20 to 30 columns standing.  Next to the Parthenon is ruins that the turks stored their gunpowder.  When the Venetians came to invade the turks  set fire to the gunpowder and blew it up. Fortunately it was reconstructed.


Joshua
Day 29 - Today we caught the bus to the city and we walked to the Syntagma and a person took a photo of Christian and I with two pigeons on our hand eating seeds that he gave us.  We saw soldiers marching around the Syntagma to guard it.  Then we had lunch at McDonalds and dad went across the road to book a Villa on Santorini.  Then we went to the Plaka which is lots of little shops and mum looked in a jewellery shop while we got something to eat.  Then we walked up to the Acropolis and that took a long time.  That led us to ruins of the Parthenon which was a big temple with Athena in it and that's what Athens was named after.