The touts are a little more charming here in
Greece. It was a particularly charming tout that convinced us to eat in
this restaurant even though it is a couple notches above our budget.
Gyros, vine leaves, and a plate of olives. Mmmmmm.
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This "cute doorway" picture is pretty cliche,
but if I start thinking about cliches now, I won't let myself take any
pictures of Europe. And Bob is back home urging me to keep shooting.
Here you go, Bob. I'm in an artistic crisis, just trying to shoot my way
through it.
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Here's a bit of Parthenon. That hill looks
awfully high. Did they go up there every day? I admit I'm getting behind
in my reading so I don't even know what the Parthenon was for. I was
just getting up to speed on London history for tourists...
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The Temple of Zeus once had
104 pillars like this. It was completed by Hadrian.
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It is a bit odd to see so many orange trees,
heavy with fruit. And lots of rotting oranges on the ground. The smell
takes me back to my childhood in Florida. It makes me wonder why there
aren't more people eating all these oranges. Well, not the rotten ones
in this picture, but, you know, the one's in the trees.
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We come across plenty of scenic ruins
everywhere we go. Our hotel is in the Plaka. I suppose this region is
the Khosan Road of Athens.
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Here is a fairly typical street scene in the
Plaka. This must be extremely crowded in the high season. When there
isn't a war on.
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