A Day for the Doc in Athens

Dec 31 - we visited the Acropolis today which brings me within one of completing the Doc Campbell dozen plus one. It was awe inspiring to stand at a such a time honoured sight . The Acropolis is the hill on which the Parthenon stands as well as the Temple of Nike, the goddess of sneakers. The site is being restored to its previoud glory and should be finished by 2014. Now if those British pricks would just return the Elgin Marbles from the British Museum, the site would be wonderful.
We then visited the Temples of Zeus which provided an opportunity to see both the temple and the Acropolis at the same time.
The third photo is our Aussie friend, Liz whose daughter won a bronze medal in swimming at the 2004 Olympics in Athens and another bronze in shot put at the Sydney Olympics. The guide made a big fuss over this and got her to pose for pictures at the Olympic stadium.

As it was New Year's Eve we went out for a special dinner with our Aussie friends and were in bed by 11. We had a 6am wake up call so we oldtimers decided to have an early evening. The expected New Year's Eve fanfare in Athens did not materialize.