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Last night, just minutes after midnight, we set off for Athens. Just as the new day was dawning we entered the city and drove around the historical center with our guide showing us the most important landmarks. We actually did this twice as we picked up a second guide and she practically gave us the same tour all over again.
At a quarter to eight, we were already at the gates of the Acropolis, tickets and student IDs in hand, ready to enter. The feelings you get contemplating such great history-filled places were a bit hard to pick-up, as we were struggling not to get lost in the interminable sea of people roaming about the Acropolis and making all kinds of noises in the many languages of the Earth.
After visiting and shooting the Parthenon, the Erechtheum, the Medieval tower, the Propylaea and just about every other piece of rock that was remotely interesting in shape and colour on the Acropolis we started decending on the narrow streets of Athens towards the cathedral. We passed through the renowned neighbourhood of Plaka where we spent less than 50 seconds in a shop and 25 euros. That's more than 50 cents per second which has to be some kind of a record for souvenir shopping.
We then rushed to visit the Temple of Zeus Olympian, Hadrian's Arch, the National Gardens, Zappeion and just before our time was up the Parliament, Syntagma square and the changing of the guard. At 1:20 pm we were back on the bus, heading north.
On the way back we stopped in Thermopylae to see the monument to king Leonidas and his 300 spartans.
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