Travel Into The Past - Walking In The Ancient Greece
{ Sunday, November 04, 2007
ΑΘΗΝΑ - HEART OF GREECE
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The night view of the Acropolis!! well, i reached the hostel about 10pm, so b4 going to bed, y not have a walk out in Athens. n there were a huge crowd at the square near the tourist spots...Couples, tourists, n lots of people selling stuffs at the square... All the restaurants there were full with people...The night in Athens was amazing!.jpg)
Not sure which building is this, most probably the one in Ancient Agora...Dunno what Ancient Agora is?u will know it soon....jpg)
The arc at the Roman Agora, where the Romans once settled here....jpg)
An overview of the Roman Agora! On my way climbing up to the Acropolis....jpg)
Another end of the Roman Agora!!.jpg)
The Tower of The Winds or The Horologion of Khyrrhestos in the Roman Agora!! Yes, then my memory stick in the camera was full for the 1st time, n i realised that i forgot to bring out the cable for pics transfer, so got all my way back to the hostel to take it, but Ahhhh!!!i didn't put the cable in my luggage at all!!then i was wandering around the hostel, hoping that i might b able to find a com shop, but in the end i decided to ask the cyber cafe people, since i dun really wanna waste my time...Luckily they had it, as there were so many tourists there...Phew...But the crisis was still there!.jpg)
The view of Athens city! can u see how many houses r there on the hill as well? wow, a really crowded city!!.jpg)
Yes, this is a temple in Ancient Agora, n u will know its name soon too!!.jpg)
A theater just below the Acropolis, all in the same hill!!.jpg)
A place further down the hill of the Acropolis, but i didn't get down there, coz i m thinking of going to Acropolis 1st, but i didnt realize that i just pass a gate, n when i got past this gate again, they asked me to give another ticket T.T well, i used the student card to get half price for the ticket, n the ticket actually enable u to enter 6 times any 5 places of ur choice within 2 days time. so within half an hour, i used up 2 tickets T.T.jpg)
At the entrance of the Acropolis!!.jpg)
The Parthenon!! The main building in the Acropolis!! Under construction too!!i think it's to support it from collapsing...well, the power of time....jpg)
Front view of the Parthenon!!!.jpg)
The view of Athens city from the top of the Acropolis!!!.jpg)
Remember this place? The one that i decided not to go down 1st! But this was taken from the Acropolis....jpg)
Yes, in the Acropolis, there's a museum, but it's closed at that period of time!!! Notice that this lift is for the disabled people too??.jpg)
Side view of the Parthenon! Looking at these styles did make me thinking about the Disney cartoon, Hercules...i like these kinds of ancient architecture....jpg)
The Greek Flag at the top of the Acropolis! They r proud of it of course!!.jpg)
U see! Any random rock or style lying on the floor has the ancient script on it!!.jpg)
The Erechtheion!!.jpg)
The back view of the Erechtheion!!.jpg)
The Muses (i think) !!! in the cartoon Hercules, the Muses r telling his story, n there was one fat Muse in the cartoon, which i dun see it here...
Note: According to wikipedia, these r the Porch of Maidens, so my guess was incorrect...
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Errr...i dunno way there is a sign like this on a random rock...maybe ancient greeks r very aware of the rights of disabled people too....jpg)
Me at the front of the Parthenon before leaving the Acropolis!! Courtesy of a couple just entered to the Acropolis....jpg)
Can u see the original staircase below the new one? maybe they r trying to protect of the original ones....jpg)
Ok, finally walked back down near the ticket counter and this is just outside of the Theater we saw earlier....jpg)
The name of the Theater - Herod Atticus Odeon!!!.jpg)
The view of Ancient Agora on my way down back to the ground level! Yes, had to go back to transfer pics into pendrive, the memory stick was full again....jpg)
Finally i bought a card reader from an electrical shop there, but i didnt use the card reader, since the cable i got together with the card reader is the same one with my camera, so i used it straight. Then with the empty memory stick, i went into the Roman Agora with the ticket for the Acropolis (the 3rd one). But since u had already seen the overview of it, so i won't put any more here,heheh....jpg)
Now, i was in the Ancient Agora!! (By using the 4th ticket) And this is a building in it, the Stoa of Attalos!!! A very nicely preserved (or reconstructed, more probably) building...really like this type of building...it looks really elegant and grand to me....jpg)
On the corridor outside of the Stoa of Attalos, r all these sculptures taken from different sites all over the Athens...and i think i took the pics of almost every single sculpture here -.-lll.jpg)
This is the Report of the State Auctioneers recording the leasing of mines...full of ancient greek....jpg)
The ancient greek pottery, reminded me of the Hercules computer game i played, where u got to turn the potteries with alphabets on it, and arrange them into the password...These pieces of potteries were in the museum inside the Stoa of Attalos....jpg)
The corridor of the Stoa of Attalos!! Clean!.jpg)
The Temple of Hephaistos in Ancient Agora!!Remember it?we had seen it alot of times from the Acropolis....jpg)
We had seen the temple from the top of the Acropolis, now we will look back at the Acropolis from the temple!!.jpg)
An ancient tortoise???!!they said tortoises have long life, who knows this tortoise i found in Ancient Agora might had lived through the Ancient Greek time....jpg)
A good view of the Temple of Hephaistos!!!
ARE U COLD THERE??
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