Left India early morning to arrive in Athens midday. The immigration and customs were so easy.
The ride to the hotel gave us a glimpse of Athens, eager to see more we checked in our luggage and left.
First stop the New Acropolis Museum. On our way there, I noticed a very interesting drink on a table at a cafe which I tried to show Jeevan while he was trying to show me the Acropolis looming in front of us, our different personalities!
Loved the museum, I am not a history buff but it draws you in. It is like the future protecting the past. The building is all glass and steel, very new and shiny. The floors are glass so the ruins over which it has been built can be viewed from all levels ( luckily was not in a skirt, noticed a bunch of giggling teenage boys).
The museum is all about the Acropolis and the Parthenon, very impressive statues and a good way to get to know the history before visiting the Acropolis. Went for a talk on sacred healing and Asclepieion ( the god of medicine , very important to visit him). Hippocrates was supposedly one of his descendants and the priests and physicians worked side by side. His temple included a healing room where people spent a night and were visited by him and cured ( hopefully some of those powers will rub off on us).
Next was the Arios pagos ( Mars hill),slippery, beautiful views of the town and the Panatheon , was surprised at the litter.
Walked the pedestrian roads around the Acropolis, narrow paved roads, small crowded buildings , flower pots along the balconies, multiple cafes with chairs spilling into the pathway, everything I imagined Athens to be.
Had dinner at a quaint family restaurant, sat upstairs in the narrow balcony with flowerpots.The Lycabettus hill was lit up in the distant and looked so inviting, can't wait to climb it. We took the 2 person menu option which included us being shown 18 cooked dishes of which we picked 5, along with bread, wine and dessert. Good way to try the local cuisine , Greek salad in Greece.
Tired in a good way.
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Loved it. You paint such a pretty picture with your words.
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