On the train into Athens at around 0530
A Postcard From Athens: A Day Trip to the Olympics, Greece - 19th August 2004
Nick from work has air miles burning a hole in his pocket and so decides to arrange a day trip to Athens to catch a bit of the 2004 Olympic Games. We leave the UK at 2300 Wednesday, get to Athens at 0430 Thursday after a 3.5 hour flight, trundle around town for the day, see some sights, catch some of the games and hang out in tavernas before getting an 0530 Friday-morning flight back to the UK. No luggage and no accomodation to worry about makes for a great trip. Also, because we're so early, it means being able to get up the Acropolis before all the other tourists do, so it's possible to get photos without tons of other people swarming around.
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Athens Airport train station
Hanging around by the parliament building
Nick finds an open bakery and stocks up
Heading up to the Acropolis
Nick looks around
The empty streets of Athens at around 7am
A feral cat feeds its kitten
The sun rises on the back of the acropolis
Sunrise in Athens
The Theatre of Herod Atticus
Another view of the Theatre of Herod Atticus
The Propylaia - entrance temple to the Acropolis
The Erechtheion
Another angle at the Erechtheion
Nosher swaps photos with a tourist at the Parthenon
A view over Athens
The Parthenon's columns
It's all Greek
Nosher sits on a wall
The back of the Parthenon
The ancient Agora - active in the 2nd Century
An ancient road
The church of Ayioi Apostoloi, built around 1000AD
An icon - in the true meaning of the word
The dome inside the Ayioi Apostoloi
The remains of the Middle Stoa
The Temple of Hephaistos (5th c. BC)
A tortoise crosses the path to visit the temple
The Stoa of Attalos, rebuilt by the American School
A woman tries to sell lace to passing tourists
Athens street scene
Everywhere there are ancient columns and ruins
More street life
Walking along Mitropoleos towards Monastiraki
In some sort of square in Monastiraki
A covered street
Looking down on a busy street
Some Pierrots or mimes practice in the heat
Flags of the world
More flags
Another souvenir street
The mimes are still going
Nosher meets up with Nick again
Time for a kebab
At the entrance to the Olympic badminton event
It's the badminton finals
Outside, the Romanian team pose for a photo
Olympic flags
There's a load of singing in Monastiraki
A bouzouki player
The Mexican hat dance
There's all sorts of celebrations going on
Flag waving
More flags
Nick holds up a beer as we eat olives and feta
Some dudes grill meat on a stick
The smoke is intense in the kebab shop
Nick has a kip back in the airline lounge
Fluffy clouds over London at about 8am on Friday
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On the train into Athens at around 0530
On the train into Athens at around 0530
Athens Airport train station
Hanging around by the parliament building
Nick finds an open bakery and stocks up
Heading up to the Acropolis
Nick looks around
The empty streets of Athens at around 7am
A feral cat feeds its kitten
The sun rises on the back of the acropolis
Sunrise in Athens
The Theatre of Herod Atticus
Another view of the Theatre of Herod Atticus
The Propylaia - entrance temple to the Acropolis
The Erechtheion
Another angle at the Erechtheion
Nosher swaps photos with a tourist at the Parthenon
A view over Athens
The Parthenon's columns
It's all Greek
Nosher sits on a wall
The back of the Parthenon
The ancient Agora - active in the 2nd Century
An ancient road
The church of Ayioi Apostoloi, built around 1000AD
An icon - in the true meaning of the word
The dome inside the Ayioi Apostoloi
The remains of the Middle Stoa
The Temple of Hephaistos (5th c. BC)
A tortoise crosses the path to visit the temple
The Stoa of Attalos, rebuilt by the American School
A woman tries to sell lace to passing tourists
Athens street scene
Everywhere there are ancient columns and ruins
More street life
Walking along Mitropoleos towards Monastiraki
In some sort of square in Monastiraki
A covered street
Looking down on a busy street
Some Pierrots or mimes practice in the heat
Flags of the world
More flags
Another souvenir street
The mimes are still going
Nosher meets up with Nick again
Time for a kebab
At the entrance to the Olympic badminton event
It's the badminton finals
Outside, the Romanian team pose for a photo
Olympic flags
There's a load of singing in Monastiraki
A bouzouki player
The Mexican hat dance
There's all sorts of celebrations going on
Flag waving
More flags
Nick holds up a beer as we eat olives and feta
Some dudes grill meat on a stick
The smoke is intense in the kebab shop
Nick has a kip back in the airline lounge
Fluffy clouds over London at about 8am on Friday