We reached the Acropolis very early in the morning and met Maria, who offered to give us a personalized tour. We both cringed at the 50 Euros a piece fee, but she assured us it would be worth it, and it definitely was! She pointed out the little details that we certainly would have missed and told us Greek legends and stories with great drama and enthusiasm. We saw Mars hill where the apostle Paul taught Christianity to the Athenians. We sat on the stone steps that he walked on.
There is no way I can even begin to express how exquisite and amazing this place was.
There was such a feeling of reverence and awe as we saw the amiphitheatre, gazed at the city of Athens from atop of the Acropolis and saw the Eastern sun shining off the small temple to the Virgin God Athena.
One of the statues on the large temple to Athena, the protector of the city, was used as the pattern for the statue of liberty.
We saw Dionysius' theatre and Maria told us tales of the God of wine and his lust for women.
The Acropolis museum had glass floors and under the floor you could witness an actual archeological dig in progress.
We ended the day with a plate of Moussaka, shopping for soveniers, and the infamous Gelato (mine didn't bother me a bit). It was truly an amazing day of seeing things that were over 3 thousand years old. It was a day to remember to be sure.
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