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With only three weeks available for me to squeeze in as much shit as possible, somewhere was inevitably going to be either cut short or cut out altogether. Unfortunately a lot of places had to be cut out (Spain, Germany, Austria for example - it would've been great to take Mum everywhere), and Athens had to be cut short - bummer. As such, we were only here for a night, more as a stopover en route to the Greek Islands. Athens is right up there with Rome in terms of history, archaeological goodies, classical mythology, and its lasting influence on Western civilisation, so it would've been good have had longer here (for Mum and Jared that is, I've already done it) but never mind.

We flew from Rome to Athens, and after boarding the plane early we ended up leaving quite late because the motorised staircase leading up to the plane broke down hahaha, and so we were stuck there until the grease-monkeys got it out of the way! Not to worry, the pilots screwed the little 737 and still managed to get us there early hehe, nice one.

Train into town from the airport - yet more graffiti!		Wow a talking tree.		It was early-evening by the time we actually got out and about. We wandered through the little backstreets and headed for the hills.

White!

This is the iconic Parthenon atop the Acropolis. The Parthenon was completed in 438 BC, and is a temple to the Greek goddess Athena (goddess of wisdom, peace, warfare, strategy, reason, and... handicrafts hehe) whom the people of Athens considered their protector. By the time we got here the Acropolis was closing, so we saw it the cheap way (from the bottom).				No shortage of marble around here.

Along the bottom of the Acropolis. This is the entrance to the bloody large Theatre of Dionysus, built in 330 BC and able to hold 17,000.		Check out my nuts.		Rome is full of cats that are cared for by the city. Athens has the same deal but for dogs, and they're everywhere (both here and on the islands), and they chase cars!

Bums on seats.		Huge random book market.		"Mmmm I do love my books!"

Panathinaiko Stadium, built in 566 BC, rebuilt in marble in 329 BC, featured in both the 1896 and 2004 Olympic Games, and is the only major stadium in the world built entirely of white marble! It hosted a concert the night before, so the cleaners were out in force.

This clown got on the metro as we were heading for the port the following morning, spouted off a whole load of crap in Greek, and then stood there holding three multicoloured pens trying to sell them while everyone ignored him (except Jared filming him and me taking photos of him hahaha).		The Port of Piraeus (which has been Athens' port for some 2,500 years), shot from the back of the ferry bound for Santorini!

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