Acropolis!

Our first major sightseeing trip was to the Acropolis where the Parthenon sits.  We made our way up the hill and the vistas of the city spread out before us.  It was quite an amazing view!  It had rained in the middle of the night and it was still quite cloudy.  This was good because it stayed nice and cool (the sun came out later as we were heading back down and it got hot).  We were surprised to see a number of cranes and scaffolding around the Parthenon, efforts at preservation and restoration.  A project had begun in the 1990s to rebuild one side of the collonade that had collapsed.  It was completed a few years ago.  The new white marble is very visible next to the older marble.  They are also working to replace older rusting metal supports (from previous intervention efforts) with new titanium ones.

Parts of pillars just stacked on the ground.

 Lycabettus hill (tallest point in Athesns) viewed from the Acropolis.

The Caryatids.

I liked this recycle bin : )

We ate a picnic lunch on the hill and then headed to the brand new Acropolis museum.