Athens

Uggh.  Don't visit famous places.

Or not during daylight.  Or days. Or any month, even if you think it's off season.

I have this magic adjustment on my camera though, that can erase people from my photos, so you can see some of the amazing Parthenon. 

The entry and theater seating.

It really is stunning.  Even more stunning to imagine it with all of its parts and painted buildings.

The caryatids that hold up the rooftop here are copies.  The actual statues are in  the British Museum. 

Did the roof fall down when they took them?

I wish I had  photo of our guide.  She was a tiny firecracker with black hair and bright blue eyeshadow.  She argued for us at the gate.  There was only one line and people were cutting in  like crazy.  Even Mr. Cheerful threw his big body in the way to get our  tour group in.  

They need vodka in the fountains.

Not bad for 3,000 years old.

We also passed by a typical Greek Orthodox church or two.

The brickwork is so pretty!

The Archeological Museum was inspiring. 

This pot is from 750 BC.

This guy is a little younger...

And he's the youngest.

Tony found his Antikythera Mechanism. The first computer from the 2nd C BC.

This figures in his screenplay,  "Artifacts".

We are content.