Thursday
Amazing production to get all of these people out on their tours. Ours was Athens sightseeing and the Acropolis. There were about 40 people on our bus (#12) but I think there were a total of 15 buses for this one tour. Traffic is horrendous; slow and dangerous. Not a place I would want to drive. We only drove past some sights I would of liked to have seen, like Hadrians Arch and some Roman columns for the Zeus temple. We did get to spend 1.5 hours at the Acropolis. The crowds were so bad that you if you stop on the way up to take a picture, the Tourist Police yell at you to keep moving. We did have time to explore around some and take pictures. Amazing sight. They are doing a lot of restoration work, but with cranes and scaffolding. Not the way it was done originally! A highlight was seeing Mars Hill where Paul first preached to the Athenians. We could sense his bravery. Acts says he was troubled by what he saw and so spoke up. Even now the temples are awe inspiring. 2000 years ago they would have been even more so.
We had planned on spending more time in Plaka for shopping, but it was too busy and not that interesting looking after what we had seen, so we came back for a nap instead.
Amazing production to get all of these people out on their tours. Ours was Athens sightseeing and the Acropolis. There were about 40 people on our bus (#12) but I think there were a total of 15 buses for this one tour. Traffic is horrendous; slow and dangerous. Not a place I would want to drive. We only drove past some sights I would of liked to have seen, like Hadrians Arch and some Roman columns for the Zeus temple. We did get to spend 1.5 hours at the Acropolis. The crowds were so bad that you if you stop on the way up to take a picture, the Tourist Police yell at you to keep moving. We did have time to explore around some and take pictures. Amazing sight. They are doing a lot of restoration work, but with cranes and scaffolding. Not the way it was done originally! A highlight was seeing Mars Hill where Paul first preached to the Athenians. We could sense his bravery. Acts says he was troubled by what he saw and so spoke up. Even now the temples are awe inspiring. 2000 years ago they would have been even more so.
We had planned on spending more time in Plaka for shopping, but it was too busy and not that interesting looking after what we had seen, so we came back for a nap instead.
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