Today is our first day in Athens. Our airbnb is very nice and well situated to all the history we want to see. Our first stop was the temple of Zeus . It was nice there. It was the first change to marvel at how massive the columns of ancient Athens.
Whilst in the temple grounds we found Hadrians Arch. Build obviously during his reign as Roman emperor. It was nice too. Little did we know it would become a helpful land mark.
Next up was the Roman agora. Agora means market, but no one was selling anything. We actually got to touch the marble at this place. There is also a wind tower thing. Besides being covered with nice carvings and telling the wind direction it also had a water clock inside. The mechanism is long since gone but you can see channels carved in the floor and walls.
Walking down the people streets with no cars is fun. All the shops sell basically the samethings but I keep enjoying looking at the trinkets. There is plenty of olive oils and soaps, olive wood kitchen stuffs, shirts and hats, chess sets, marble and bronze statues, jewelty, sponges and so much pottery.
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