still Athens
For the late evening meal that night (no one eats before 8 or 9 pm) we went to the main square, the Plaka, to a rooftop restaurant with views of the nearby lit up Acropolis and of the city. The restaurants were crowded, the steps lined with customers at tables or sitting on the steps. 
Souvlaki and gyros (pita bread stuffed with meat, tomatoes, onions, tzatziki and French fries) are served everywhere, as well as Greek salad of course. Greek wine is available and is not bad at all, and there is also retsina, white wine made in pine barrels which is cheaper and watery. Every meal seems to be followed by a cake soaked in honey, whether you order it or not. Prices seem to depend on location of the restaurant, and tipping is not required.
Walking home along streets filled with people celebrating Sunday night, we passed an ancient bathhouse and Hadrians Library, just a few feet from us fenced beside the sidewalks. Earlier in the day we saw Hadrians Arch, which had separated parts of the city and was of course built by the ancient emperor Hadrian, nearby the remains of the massive Temple of Zeus 
right in the middle of the city along a major thoroughfare.
Most of the famous monuments, like the Parthenon, are in a constant state of restoration, with scaffolding covering much of them (although workers are absent!) Some of the best known pieces of the Acropolis are six massive statues, modelled on real women, used as columns for a temple. All the statues on the Acropolis are replicas, with five inside the Acropolis Museum (one covered while being restored). The sixth was taken by a British ambassador about two hundred years ago and is displayed in the British Museum in London. Its only one of many significant artifacts in that amazing museum that has been demanded back by its original owners (the demands have been ignored).
Moving on from Athens
6 Comments
Kathy Macauley
Sounds like you are seeing a lot of spectacular items. Athens lit up at night must have been fantastic..can’t wait to see the photos.
Cheri
Sounds wonderful… but too bad about the restorations! I’m looking forward to seeing pictures too!
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Lori
Greece is on my bucket list. I was wondering how the country was fairing from it’s economic issues that have happened recently. Good to hear people are happy again!
I was doing a little Canadian Adventure of my own this last week! I drove to Vernon BC to meet up with some friends. I stopped at every single little “Tourist Attraction” sighting along the way. Sadly for me, I tend to get motion sick, but usually not when I’m driving. But…. I must have stared off a too may shiny things while driving a curvy curvy road needed to pull over. While in Vernon, we toured some wineries, and cheese factory and a Honey Bee store and some orchards. it was awesome! THEN….. on the way home, I thought it was a fantastic idea to stop in at the High Wire Sky Walk Adventure by Enchanted Forest close to Revelstoke BC. (still many many many hours to drive home). Welllllll…. lets saw dehydration, exhaustion, and low sugar finally took it’s toll after 2 hours on the course. I basically fainted and was tangled up in a rope course up a tree. A guide (that was rather good looking) names Lucas had to come rescue me. And by that I mean I had to be harnessed up and emergency dropped from the cables to the ground. TAD BIT EMBARRASSING. But hey… he was hot so it was fun to look at. And I guess it was the last 10 minutes of his shift on the last day of work for the summer job he had. So he went out with a bang!
Lynn
hehe good story Lori!