Sunday, May 13, 2012

25. Free Day in Athens

We had services this morning. Steve's lesson reviewed the biblical cities we had visited on this tour. I'll title the talk: Not Just on a Map but Now in My Mind. Afterwards most of us hopped the free hotel shuttle to Syntagma Square
(just south of the Parliament building). As we were riding I looked at the information the concierge gave me. Guess what? The full changing of the guard (band included!) will occur just after 10:30 today! So, we decided to stroll around a bit and then grab our position.
Parliament
Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Walk through the National Park to Hadrian's Arch and the Temple of Zeus.
Fast lunch - Carbonara sandwich and ice cold water
Peeled off from the group
Theater of Dionysis
Acropolis
Additional pictures
Drew Ionic columns with 4 year old Mike from Pireaus
New Acropolis Museum
Fabulous collection
Drew a caryatid
Lowell found me - reunited with group
Home Again
Caught a cab back to the hotel
Dinner
Tomorrow 6:30 wakeup, 7:30 bags out, 8:30 departure for airport.

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