Touring Greece and Turkey 2009
Tour Athens Day 2
Photographs by Richard Mayne
March 28, 2009
 
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Parliament Building
hGovernment Buildings
Parliament Square
With required Pigeons
 
 
 
 
Across street from Parliament
Greek Parliament Guard
hReplacement Guard Arrive
Tired Guard Waits
 
 
 
 
 
Hurry
Sargent in Charge
hNew Guard Approach
Replacement
 
 
 
 
 
Getting In place
High Step March
See Movie of March
hTired Guard leave
Harassment by Sargent
 
 
 
 
 
 
Flower Shop
Conculate Row
hNice Street
Nice City Park
Botanical gardens
 
 
 
 
 
 
Museum
War Museum
hWar Museum
Lycabettus Hill (end of Street)
We climbed to top from here
 
 
 
 
 
Little Saturday traffic
Greek Church
hSmart Car
Up ward route
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wooly Worms Head to tail
Was about 8 feet long
Nice Climb
hWe took it easy
View near top
 
 
 
 
 
View toward Acropolis
Cactus
hView Panathinaikon Stadium
Parthenon on Acropolis
 
 
 
 
 
Almost there Wave
Wild Flowers
hWall around Mt. top
Chapel St George
 
 
 
 
 
Lycabettus Theater
Parthenon
hChapel St George
Icons in Chapel St George
 
 
 
 
 
 
Icons in Chapel St George
Icons in Chapel St George
hIcons in Chapel St George
Acropolis
 
 
 
 
 
 
Panathinaikon Stadium
Signage with Graffiti
hFacade of Hadrian's Reservoir
Local Street (Down Hill)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Residential Area
Street Signs Don't Help
hTositsa St. Toward
Nat,l Archaeological Museum
Ploytechnic Museum
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nat,l Archaeological Museum
Mid day Coffee
To get Euros for Museum
hArt Work
Zeus
 
 
 
 
 
Model of Chariot
Art Work
hArt Work
George's Horse
 
 
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 Art Work
Art Work
hGold Wreath
Gold "hat Pins"
   
 
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 Gold
Golf Bust
hGold trinkets
Art Work
   
 
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 Egypt Boat
Egyptian Jackal
hEgyptian Organ Urns
Mummy Case
   
 
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 Mummy Case
Racing Boy
hMuseum Garden
Museum Garden
   
 
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 Checking next location
Art Work
hArt Work
Art Work
   
 
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 Art Work
Art Work ?
hArt Work
Art Work
   
 
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 Poseidon
Nymph and tormentor
hArt Work
Gold
 
 
 
 
 
Gold bowls
More Gold
hMuseum Outside Garden
Street by Museum
 
 
 
 
Nice Area
Walking back to Hotel
Nice Area
Walking back to Hotel
hSquare Greek Pizza
National Library
 
 
 
 
 
National Library Detail
Stanley Hotel on Square
hParthenon from Hotel
Lyeabettus Hill at. 990 Ft
Likvitos (Wolves' Hill)
 
 
 
 
Lyeabettus Hill at. 990 Ft
Likvitos (Wolves' Hill)
Acropolis from Hotel
hFarewell Greece
   

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