Top of the City

Out of all the first few days we are in Athens, today was the day I was most looking forward to, the day we would go to the Acropolis.  In Greek, akron or akros means edge or extremity and polis means city.  The Acropolis is on the edge or extremity of the city but not horizontally, vertically.  An acropolis is generally a citadel built on elevated ground for defense purposes.  The Acropolis in Athens was built there for that reason.

What was so cool about finally getting to go to the Acropolis is that all week we have just been around it but never close enough or on it until today.  The Parthenon is so much bigger in person than you would expect and the Temple of Athena Nike was definitely interesting as well.  Besides the fact that there were numerous ancient buildings, from the Acropolis we could see nearly all of Athens.  I can't tell you how many awesome panoramas I got from the Acropolis.  I even had to make a video to try to portray how great the structures and views were from the Acropolis.  And on a separate note, I found it hilarious that our Travel Journal teacher told all the fat stray dogs we came across to stop eating so much.

Tomorrow is again another day I am looking forward to because we will finally be headed to Aegina.  After an archaeological museum in the morning we will take the metro to the port and a ferry to the island for a welcome dinner.  Of course I'm also looking forward to the welcome dinner because it's free food.  I imagine the picture I will have tomorrow will be awesome!

Parthenon

Temple of Athena Nike