4. September 16 Athens, Greece

6. Our
guide,
Sophia

7. Our
driver,
Stratos

8. Good morning
Kalimera
kah-lee-MEHR-rah

9. kleomenous 2,
Kolonaki, Athens, Greece
The St. George Lycabettus Hotel
on the highest hill in Athens

10. September 17, 2012 View from the hotel

12. City of Athens

13. City of Athens

14. City of Athens

15. Zapeion - dormatories of athletes
for the first modern Olympic games

16. The Runner

17. Euzones – Tomb of the Unknown

18. Euzones – Tomb of the Unknown

19. Euzones – Tomb of the Unknown

20. Acropolis of Athens, an ancient citadel

21. Theater of Herod Atticos

22. Erechthium

23. Erechthium

24. Erechthium

26. The Parthenon, one of the most
architecturally perfect structures in the world

27. The Parthenon

28. The Parthenon

29. Ionic Column
East Pediment of
Parthenon

30. The Grave of Philopolis 2nd C AD

31. Theater of Herodes Atticus

32. Temple of Hephetus

33. Church of Apostles 11 C A.D.

35. Good afternoon / evening
Kalispera
kah-lees-PEH-rah

37. Plaka

38. Plaka

39. Plaka

40. Plaka

41. Tower of Winds Water Clock

43. The Mask of
Agamemnon

45. Mechanism
From
Antikythera
wreck

48. Diadumenos

50. Outside the
museum

51. Outside
the
museum

52. Outside the museum

55. September 18, 2012 Athens to Nafplion

56. Corinth Canal, begun in 7th C. BC,
gateway to the Peloponnese, links the
Aegean with the Gulf of Corinth

57. Construction was
abandoned, then
begun again, and
completed in 1893.

58. Tuna Farms.

59. Epidauros, a UNESCO World Heritage Site

60. 14,000 seat theater with perfect acoustics

61. Talented
performers
try out the
acoustics

67. Nafplion, a seaside town nestled between
mountains and the Gulf of Argolis

68. Nafplion was the capital of the First
Hellenic Republic

69. Nafplion

70. Nafplion

71. Nafplion

72. Nafplion

73. Nafplion

74. Nafplion

76. Nafplion Worry Bead
Museum

77. View
from the
hotel

81. Good night
Kalinikta
kah-lee-NEEK-tah

82. September 19, 2012 Nafplion to Olympia

83. Mycenae
A UNESCO World Cultural and Natural
Heritage site

84. Mycenae
“The two citadels are linked with
the Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey
that affected European art and
literature for more than three
millennia.”

85. Tholos or “beehive” tomb
“Treasury of Atreus” or the “Tomb of
Agamemnon” – built around 14th C BC

91. The “Treasury”
of Atreus

99. Underground
Cistern

100. Pottery Store

104. Olympia
September 19, 2012

117. Entrance to Olympic Stadium

118. Entrance to Olympic Stadium
Olympic Stadium
Capacity: 50,000
5th Century BC

119. Olympics first held in honor of
Zeus, beginning 776 BC

125. Hello
Yassou
YAH-sue

126. Olympia
September 20, 2012

132. September 21, 2012 Olympia to Athens

138. Thank you
Efkharisto
eff-kah-rees-TOH

139. Museum
Herakleidon

140. Victor Vasarely is considered the leader of
Op Art (opticokinetic art) a mathematically
themed abstract art form

143. Maurits Cornelis Escher 1898 – 1972
A Dutch graphic artist known
for drawing “impossible reality”

151. gerlachstudio.com
You’re welcome / please
Parakalo
pah-rah-kah-LOH

152. Benakis family mansion

153. “the only museum in Greece that
brings visitors through all ages of
Greek culture and history”

156. The New Museum of the Acropolis

159. The 92 Metopes depicted legendary battles

160. The West and South
Frieze of the Parthenon

161. The Caryatids, maidens supporting the roof of the
Erechtheion, the most sacred area of the Acropolis

166. Gaby Carl Bob Mo Sophia
Michele John Chris Stephen