Athens Pics

[vinceconaway]

I just took a walk around my favorite areas from last time.

Note the Acropolis mount in the background.

My favorite part of Athens is all the sunken 11th century Byzantine churches scattered about.

I made some friends in the ruins.

Γεια σας!

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[acroyear70.livejournal.com]

is Athens as cat-crazy as Rome is?

[vconaway.livejournal.com]

Not quite, but there are lots more stray dogs. Probably because the massive pedestrian center limits the numbers that cars take out...

[silvrwillow.livejournal.com]

Great photos - and what a sweet kitty! My cat looks just like it!

[trulinor.livejournal.com]

Great pictures! It always strikes me that in the parts of North America I've called home, the buildings that I think of as "pretty old" are mostly things that were build in the 1920s or 30s. Nothing like perspective, huh.

Also - black shiny kitties are supposed to be fat, not all sleek like this. Is everything in Greece just built for speed?

[vconaway.livejournal.com]

I dunno, Fergus had some character :) It's always a bit of a shock to wander into things like this, seemingly at random, as an American. My first time in London I kept saying "things are so beautifully old!" and they told me to go to Rome to see old. Then I see things here that put Rome to shame; I hope that in my lifetime Bagdad becomes tourable.

I miss Goblin! These guys (it's hard to see the second one) weren't nearly as approachable, but neither did they whine at me to open a door.

[castlelifepmm.livejournal.com]

Beautiful pictures, I can only hope to visit for myself some day. A friend of mine is studying abroad in Italy right now. She keeps posting pictures of all the things we learned about in high school haha! She also had a picture of a sunken church.
Thank you for sharing!

[fitfool.livejournal.com]

I'm fascinated that your work takes you wherever you feel like exploring. Thanks for sharing these photos.