{"id":260,"date":"2011-11-13T23:37:16","date_gmt":"2011-11-13T22:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ruairi.net\/?p=260"},"modified":"2011-11-13T23:38:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-13T22:38:00","slug":"athens-full-of-new-and-old-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sweden.ruairi.net\/?p=260","title":{"rendered":"Athens&#8230; full of new and old stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ruairi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/parthenonnight.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-261\" title=\"parthenonnight\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ruairi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/parthenonnight.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4000\" height=\"3000\" \/><\/a><strong>Photo One:<\/strong> I met some GREAT people at my hostel and we climbed up a hill to see the Parthenon all lit up. We tried to see the sunset but had a little difficulty with timing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ruairi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/athensoverlook.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-262\" title=\"athensoverlook\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ruairi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/athensoverlook.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4000\" height=\"3000\" \/><\/a><strong>Photo Two:<\/strong> I sat and took in the view of Athens from Mars Rock where Aristotle addressed the ancient Greeks. It was a breathtaking view.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ruairi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/parthenon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-263\" title=\"parthenon\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ruairi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/parthenon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4000\" height=\"3000\" \/><\/a><strong>Photo Three:<\/strong> I went and saw the Parthenon in Acropolis during the day with the swarms of cruise ship tourists and school children. It was magnificent and beautiful but honestly not that exciting.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ruairi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/greekcats.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-264\" title=\"greekcats\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ruairi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/greekcats.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4000\" height=\"3000\" \/><\/a>Photo Four: <\/strong>Here are some stray cats by the coast. There were mostly dogs everywhere in Athens but I saw way more cats by the coast although most were very skittish.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ruairi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/coast.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-265\" title=\"coast\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ruairi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/coast.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"4000\" \/><\/a>Photo Five:<\/strong> This is the start of the sunset on the coast of Athens. Very beautiful and peaceful.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Observations:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In Greek clubs it is now illegal to break plates so they throw white flowers everywhere instead.<\/p>\n<p>Greeks cluster in the entrances of the bus instead of filling the aisles between seats when it starts to get crowded.<\/p>\n<p>During the riots, protestors broke marble off of everything and threw it at the police resulting in the police retaliating with tear gas. Other than that there was little obvious evidence of hardship.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Word:<\/strong>\u00a0\u0395\u03af\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9\u00a0\u03c4\u03c1\u03b5\u03bb\u03cc\u03c2\u00a0\u0391\u03bc\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03ba\u03b1\u03bd\u03cc\u03c2 (i am a crazy american)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo One: I met some GREAT people at my hostel and we climbed up a hill to see the Parthenon all lit up. 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