Late morning we walked over to the Acropolis Museum for a
guided tour that took about 2 hours. Our
guide, Vicki, is a PhD candidate in archaeological and she had a lot of
background information and details to share. Once
she got going on a topic she was often hard to stop in her enthusiasm.
Photography was severely limited in the museum. One area we could take photographs were the caryatids from the Erechtheum at the Parthenon. Replicas of these statues are at the Parthenon but the originals have been moved into the museum to protect them. A caryatid is a statue that serves as a column to support a building (the female version of an Atlas).
Photography was severely limited in the museum. One area we could take photographs were the caryatids from the Erechtheum at the Parthenon. Replicas of these statues are at the Parthenon but the originals have been moved into the museum to protect them. A caryatid is a statue that serves as a column to support a building (the female version of an Atlas).
We decided to not stay at the museum (because we will be
back to tomorrow) and headed out for lunch and then back to the hotel for an
afternoon of work. Paul finished all the
work on our Japan blog (trip taken in 2007).
Felt good to get it something done.
It was out again for dinner and ice cream and then back to
the hotel to pack.
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