Greece Photos: Athens

For my fall break I spent nine days in Greece. I traveled with a large group of Loyola students, two professors, and two Student Life Assistants- recent college grads who spent a semester or a year in Rome while they were still undergraduates. The first place we went was Athens. The scenes in these photos are from the Acropolis, where we ran into Bill Clinton and I took that horrible close up. For his sake I wish I could say he looked better in person, but I would be lying...the years since his presidency have definitely aged him. I missed the group photo but I still got the close up. We also saw the temple of Posiedon at sunset, from which the beautiful views of the Sea and sailboats, etc, come. We went to the National Museum of Archeology and saw many famous statues such as Eros and the well built old man throwing what was probably a spear or a trident, depending on whether he was Posiedon or Zeus (historians are not sure as his weapon was lost). We spent two nights in Athens, during which I had my first real Gyros, which was unspeakably delicious. We also had a five course meal at a lovely seaside restaurant. Greek food is amazing. I don't know what we're cooking in America, but its certainly not traditional Greek food. I'm talking about Tatsiki sauce, baklava, salads overflowing with the freshest, reddest tomatoes, cucumbers, olives and feta cheese, lamb, pork, and spinach pie appetizers, and tons of wine just to name a few highlights. While on this trip, we had at least one multi-course meal a day. The Greeks know how to eat. Nightlife in Athens was cool, lots of people out until all hours of the morning, lots of bars, lots of dance clubs. Unfortunately there was not much of a wow-factor in Athens for me. I spend too much time in cities to really get anything out a situation involving lots of people and traffic.




































Temple of Posiedon