Ἀθήνα In Pictures

I spent a week in Athens — quite a long time compared to how quickly travelers would come through the hostel. I hit all the necessary tourist destinations, with a lot of random wandering through the streets in between. I loved having the time to sit in a café to read and just have some alone time outside of the hostel for a few hours with some Greek yogurt and fruit. Here are some photos that defined the week for me.

One of the temples at the Acropolis. The hill is much larger than I expected, and towers over the entire city.
View of Mount Lycabettus from the Acropolis. There’s a small chapel (St. George’s Chapel) at the top. When I first saw it, I said there was no way I would walk up that. Then I ended up doing it the next day.
The Parthenon under construction ft. some shadow people.
The Old Temple of Athena.

View of the Acropolis from another part of the city. I loved how you can turn a street corner and suddenly be in ancient ruins.

The Temple of Hephaestus, in the Ancient Agora of Athens. I enjoyed this area of ruins more than the Acropolis even, since there weren’t many people around and many of the temples remain just as they were built.
The sunset from Areopagus Rock, which my friend and I (since we could never remember the actual name) referred to as Asparagus Rock.
View of the city after sunset from the top of Asparagus Rock.
The killer walk up Mount Lycabettus– I was ill-prepared for this.

St. George’s Chapel at the top.
The view of the city from the top — the Acropolis (the green patch in the middle) looks insignificant from here!
Writing and eating Greek yogurt with honey and fruit at Little Tree Book Café: This became my favorite café when they gave me a Leonard Cohen bookmark.
Another solid sunset from the top of an overpriced (but worth it for the view) restaurant.

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