Home of Athena

I have come to learn that Athens is not my type of city. I loved the landscapes, but whenever I was in the newer parts of the city, I just couldn't stand it. I found it to be grimy and smelly and every time I stepped outside my hotel or stepped away from the greenery, I would find myself disgusted.  The people were friendly and overall it is a great city. I just couldn't get over the smell and dirtiness of it. BUT, I will show you some pretty pictures of what I enjoyed. I didn't get to see as much as I would have liked because I had a migraine on my first day in the city, but I tried to do my best to make up for that, my lack of enjoyment of the newer areas, and the fact that most places to see closed by 3pm. 

I think this is the Bizantine church, but I have no idea. So I could be wrong. It is near Keramikou.

This is inside the Keramikou Museum and the next billion after that are outdoors in Keramikou.

Here is a structure I discovered while I was aimlessly wandering. I don't know where or what it actually is though.

I had a migraine, so I made my way back to my hostel via the subway. Here is what I found in the station I went to: ruins!!!!!

I just wanted to interrupt the nice photos with a picture of how small my shower was, let alone that my bathroom was so small, there had to be a hole cut in the door of the bathroom to be able to open the door and not hit the toilet.

The next day, I did a lot of walking and saw a majority of the major sites. I started in the National Gardens.

Then went to Oooooooo! The Olympic Stadium!

After that I made my way to the Zappeion. It was a pretty cool building, but I didn't want to pay to get in. The man working was nice enough to let me take a photo of the interior from where I was standing.

Following that, I made my way to the Temple of Zeus. It was pretty awesome to see how large the columns were and to see the few that were still standing, but I kind of liked the fallen column (shown second) better.

Following the Temple, I made my way to the Acropolis. Here is a view of the temple as I made my way up.

This is Odeion of Herodes Atticus. I wish I could have actually gone in it, but this was the only wau to see any of it.

Here is the Propylaea.

The view from the top of the hill.

The beautiful Parthenon.

Another view from the top. This one shows Theatro Dionisou.

I then made my way to the Stoa of Attalus (pictured below) and wandered around Ancient Agora.

The next three show Ancient Agora. Well it pretty much just shows the pretty paths I walked along, but whatever.

My last stop of the day was to the Acropolis Museum. Before you walk in, you see some of the ruins that the museum is built over.

I wasn't supposed to take photos inside. but I thought I would sneak one anyway! I mean ummm I found out after this photo that I wasn't supposed to be taking pictures. This is actually true. They didn't even catch me taking photos, I sort of ran into a sign that said "No Photos". Anyway I spent the rest of my day in the museum and then dragged my tired body home to the hostel.

My delicious dinner is pictured below. Don't drool because it is pretty and you are near electronics!