Trips

Sat.-Mon. - 2/11-15/23 - Athens

Sat., 2/11/23 - Jericho to Athens
Our cab came at 1:15 AM and drove us to Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv. On the way we passed a huge accident on the other side of our highway and our taxi was buzzed three times by three cars drag racing on our side of the highway. Thankfully, our driver became very cautious of the traffic.

Our flight on Aegean Airlines departed at 5:50 AM. It was a two hour flight to Athens and they served us coffee, a humus and tomato sandwich, and a candy bar. Athens airport was empty. We were the only ones at the non-EU passport control and there was no customs check. We had coffee and sweet rolls while waiting for Welcome Persons hotel shuttle to take us to the Hera Hotel near the Acropolis. We waited and hour in the lobby for an early check-in to our junior suite. It was a nice room.

After a nap we walked to find our meeting place for Monday’s Viator tour to Delphi and walked in the Plaka. It is off season - not many tourists, some shops are closed, and it is rather cold in Athens at this time of year. There is snow on top of the surrounding mountains.

Below are photos of the first several days in Athens.

Flag of Greece	Greek EU Liense Plate
Parthenon	Acropolis
Hadrian's Arch	Greek Parliament
Odeon of Herodes Atticus	Acropolis - Propylaea
Parthenon	Parthenon
Parthenon	Parthenon
Parthenon	Parthenon
Erechtheum	Erechtheum - The Caryatids, also known as "The Maidens"
The most sacred moria tree stands in front of the ancient temple of Erechtheion. Thought to be the same location of the very first olive tree given to Athens by the Greek goddess Athena.	New Acropolis Museum
Philopappos hill	Olympic Stadium
Temple of Olympian Zeus	Temple of Hephaestus in the Agora
Wed., 2/16/23 - Cape Sounion Tour Today we took a Viator tour down to Cape Sounion to see the Temple of Poseidon, a place we had not been to before. It was a nice day, the Temple was impressive, and the weather was windy but nice and sunny. Photos follow
Lake Vouliagmeni Thermal Spa	Cape Sounion - Fish farms
Cape Sounion - Temple of Poseidon	Cape Sounion - Temple of Poseidon
Temple of Poseidon	Column base with square opening for the "peg" on the column to be installed on the base
Temple of Poseidon	Temple of Poseidon
Temple of Poseidon	Temple of Poseidon
Cape Sounion - Sanctuary of Athena	Cape Sounion - Looking back to the North

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