Athens - Yvonne

Yesterday was Athens and we had a ship tour to the Acropolis Museum.

After we disembarked, we boarded the bus for a tour of Athens. There were rows and rows of apartments, very dense. 80 percent of the people live in apartments. The Greek government allows them to make apartments out of the old houses but they are not allowed to tear them down.
We then visited the stadium where the original Olympic Games were held.

 

 

The eternal flame lives here and it is passed on to the country that is doing the Olympics that year.
On to the Acropolis museum. We were all disappointed that it was not on the Acropolis but the Acropolis was up the hill. 

The musem is built on top of ruins which visitors magically float over on a layer of plexiglass.  

Joyce and Kathy went up to see the Parthenon on the Acropolis and they were thrilled The rest of us stayed for the museum visit.
It was very informative but our tour guide was very detailed and unfortunately most were bored.

I loved every minute of it.
Chris, Gerry's daughter, asked what the difference was with the Roman remains and the Greek ones.

Well, it's all about the Art. The Greek art was very beautiful and very detailed. The folds on the clothes, the fingernails, the muscles all added up to some very fine works of art.

When the Romans conquered Greece, they took a lot of the Greek Art to Rome. They learned and studied the Greek ways of Art.
Even Michaellangello and Leonardo Davinci studied the Greek Arts.
After the museum, we were let loose to go shopping.The stores were much the same as we saw in other places.

We then boarded the bus and rode back to the ship.