Athens was a city that I was really looking forward to going to. After going to Rome and seeing all of these ancient ruins, mixed in with amazing architecture, fountains on every corner I had really high expectations for Athens. I was at first really disappointed as we drove through crazy, busy streets with really modern, simple architecture and graffiti EVERYWHERE. My first impression was Ah, typical big city. The first thing I did, of course, was climb to the top of the acropolis and look down over Athens. This was a really awesome experience. The climb is a pretty easy hike, the only problem is the slick, slick, slick marble steps leading up to it. The path on the way up is surrounded by olive trees which is perfect because according to the myth that’s how Athena got to be the goddess of Athens- she gave the gift of the olive tree. The ruins have been excellently preserved by archaeologists, and they’ve done some reconstructing which, I didn’t know how I felt about that, but they made it so you could very easily tell what was reconstructed by leaving it a bright white color. When a lot of […]