I am slowing down in my travels and going more European in my travel methods in which I seriously just stare into the ocean and do about one event a day. Here are some choice photos from Athens.
Statue of Aphrodite beating away pan, a very horny creature, with a sandal. Greece hasn't been so bad for me but I sort of understand. If you walk around looking confused or relaxed some strange men do follow you around and one of my friends from the cruise was followed around for a while when we were separated for just an hour.
In which I admire the art.
Boys will always be boys. I feel like I see more phallic art in Greece than in any other city I have been too. The souvenir shops have also been rather interesting in their t-shirt collections, very Cancun-esque. I guess the ocean/beach culture does that to a place.
Laura in front of the Roman Agora. She didn't have her hat so she decided to go the nun-routine.
My new friend Su from the cruise and I at the top of Lytvos (I completely forgot the name) hill. It was a very steep climb and neither of us were prepared but we got to see the acropolis that closed on strike before I got to go in there. At least I could see the Pantheon and the scaffolding from afar.
Laura calls everything "old crap", with a strange reverence. I waited for three days in Athens to see the Acropolis and when Laura finally came, they closed the entire place down due to a labor strike for the two days that we were in. We tried to climb in and get as close as possible to everything else.
In an attempt to see as much of the acropolis as possible, Laura and I climbed up another hill, the Hill of the Nymphs to get a better view of the acropolis from a higher view. 15 minute hike uphill later Laura's sandal breaks far far away from any other vendors.
Down in the Plaka shopping district the problem was quickly justified. Laura has packed NOTHING. I have my backpack and shoulder bag with which I am pretty proud of for packing rather light in my 74 day/7 country/3 climate tour. Laura brought a normal backpack the size of a school bag and it was half full of bread and NY cookies for me. I hope she buys alot of sandals and suffers a little bit but she is packing very little. In the meantime I carry my bag and huff while I climb around looking for my hostels.
Random graffiti in Athens. I don't know why I found it so cute. Athens has lots and lots of graffiti and outside the main tourist areas its not the nicest city.
Statue of Aphrodite beating away pan, a very horny creature, with a sandal. Greece hasn't been so bad for me but I sort of understand. If you walk around looking confused or relaxed some strange men do follow you around and one of my friends from the cruise was followed around for a while when we were separated for just an hour.
In which I admire the art.
Boys will always be boys. I feel like I see more phallic art in Greece than in any other city I have been too. The souvenir shops have also been rather interesting in their t-shirt collections, very Cancun-esque. I guess the ocean/beach culture does that to a place.
Laura in front of the Roman Agora. She didn't have her hat so she decided to go the nun-routine.
My new friend Su from the cruise and I at the top of Lytvos (I completely forgot the name) hill. It was a very steep climb and neither of us were prepared but we got to see the acropolis that closed on strike before I got to go in there. At least I could see the Pantheon and the scaffolding from afar.
Laura calls everything "old crap", with a strange reverence. I waited for three days in Athens to see the Acropolis and when Laura finally came, they closed the entire place down due to a labor strike for the two days that we were in. We tried to climb in and get as close as possible to everything else.
In an attempt to see as much of the acropolis as possible, Laura and I climbed up another hill, the Hill of the Nymphs to get a better view of the acropolis from a higher view. 15 minute hike uphill later Laura's sandal breaks far far away from any other vendors.
Down in the Plaka shopping district the problem was quickly justified. Laura has packed NOTHING. I have my backpack and shoulder bag with which I am pretty proud of for packing rather light in my 74 day/7 country/3 climate tour. Laura brought a normal backpack the size of a school bag and it was half full of bread and NY cookies for me. I hope she buys alot of sandals and suffers a little bit but she is packing very little. In the meantime I carry my bag and huff while I climb around looking for my hostels.
Random graffiti in Athens. I don't know why I found it so cute. Athens has lots and lots of graffiti and outside the main tourist areas its not the nicest city.
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