We wake up on this Sunday morning to mad
church bells. Then to well-amplified small bands and singers. It is
carnival on the street in front of our hotel. Street vendors sell masks,
plastic clubs, and confetti. Everyone dresses up and marches or dances
through town. The children have green shorts on, that expose their pink
and chilly knees.
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Here we meet the cheeriest ATM ever. I just
miss getting a photo of it while it considers my withdrawal request. The
cartoon shows a man thinking ponderously with many empty thought bubbles
over his head.
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On the Acropolis, we are at first too hot
from the exertion of climbing, but then we are quickly cooled by the
brisk wind. I have to say that the Greek flag could be the best looking
flag in the world. Nothing could look better in a brilliant blue sky,
and this one even looks good in the face of a coming storm.
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The Parthenon is amazing and
everything, but orderly piles of debris are a little more interesting.
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The best picture I get of the Parthenon
itself is from a nearby hill. The building just in front of the hill is
a theatre that has had the seating restored.
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Here we are walking down the hill of the
Acropolis. Don't you envy us for how tan we are getting in sunny Greece?
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We have only seen Two Towers once at this
point, but I still have a Tolkien lens that tells me this could have
been a fine location to shoot some slightly menacing elf scenes.
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