fireatwill
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Wow. Nice pics!
The Chronicles of Exodus (a.k.a I'm back from my month-long honeymoon!)
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sallytheragdol
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Beautiful pictures. and your story about the holy stairs brought tears to my eyes
french-dessert
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very nice pics ..cant wait to make my honeymoon
love it thanks
love it thanks
Pei
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How could u?!?
I was waiting for u to post~!
Work it baby!
| Originally Posted by exodus OMG I can't believe I completely forgot this thread! It's not finished yet 
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How could u?!?
I was waiting for u to post~!
Work it baby!
Butterfly Princess
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wow exodus, you take really nice pics. I'm glad you had a good time. I would love to see your makeup hauls too
beautenoir
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omg!!!...I am beyond jealous!!!...you guys must have had soooo much fun!...I can't believe the beautiful stuff you guys got to see!...so much congratulations hon!!!
Beautiful1
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All Of Your Pics Are Gorgeous Girlie!
I Am A Christian Too So I Was Particularly Interested In The Places Were Jesus Christ Was In Rome Thank You So Much For Sharing Those, They Meant A Lot To Me!
| Originally Posted by exodus OMG I can't believe I completely forgot this thread! It's not finished yet
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All Of Your Pics Are Gorgeous Girlie!
exodus
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Thanks for all the comments ladies
Okay here's the last chapter!
Sixth stop: Athens
The fondest memories I have of Athens are of... the food! Ooohh yeah, those souvlakis, gyros and kebabs were just AMAZING! Me want more! My goodness, they were the most delectable I've ever had (one should hope so, right?).
I also LOVED figuring out the letters and words, it was like a little puzzle hahaha. We went on the metro train system quite a bit, and the words "Epomeni stasi... Monastiraki" (Next station... Monastiraki) will forever be etched in my brain
For some reason the airport train announcer said it in a different way, it was "Epomenos stasmos... Aerodromio". Would anyone care to explain this to me? I thought it could be the male/female attribution thing like French or Italian, but both the announcers are female (their voices sound female anyway), and surely the different train stations wouldn't have different gender attributions, right? I'm confused, help!
Anyway, so we spent the first day around the Forum and Acropolis. Acropolis was undergoing major reconstruction work, so half of it was down. I was really upset, this is what I came to Athens for dammit, and it wasn't in one piece
I managed to take the pic from an angle where it didn't look too bad though hahaha.
The view from Acropolis
One of those blue-painted windows! Yay! We went past this on the way up to the Acropolis (notice the little kitty... awwwww!)
The next day we went to Delphi (as in Oracle of Delphi. I'm a big mythology buff as well, so I've dreamt of going to this place as long as I can remember) on a local bus. It cost us about 15 Euro per person, if I'm not mistaken. We saved over 100 Euro by going by ourselves instead of joining a tour. I was pretty proud of that
Delphi was absolutely beautiful, definitely worth the three-hour bus trip from Athens. 3000 years ago, this place would've been an amazing sight to behold. It still is, but I guess you need a little bit of imagination, because hubby was like "Err... we've already seen ruins, back in Rome. We didn't spend three hours on the bus just for ruins, did we?". The poor guy didn't understand. I LOVE ruins
He was happy (and snap-happy too) in the end. He took these pictures, I was busy taking in the place
Sanctuary of Apollo (the Oracle of Delphi) - well, what's left of it anyway
View from Delphi - isn't it just beautiful? I can definitely understand why the Ancient Greeks chose this place for the Sanctuary, well, aside from the fact that the mythology says Delphi is the "navel of the Earth". Brief explanation: Zeus released two eagles in opposite directions, one to the east and one to the west. The eagles met in Delphi, so Zeus proclaimed that Delphi is the centre of the world, where the world began.
The Sacred Way, the road that goes from the Roman Agora to the Sanctuary of Apollo. It had the most beautiful sheen (as hopefully you can see here), I think it might be made of marble.
From here, we come down the mountain a little bit to reach Sanctuary of Athena Pronaea. As you can tell, those pillars had fell down and they rebuilt it with non-matching cement. Why, oh whyyyyy? Is it that hard not to make it look like camouflage gear?
Oh well, it gives it "character", I guess... ... ... ... ...
A more "artistic" shot
Okay that's all folks! I hope you enjoyed the pics as much as I enjoyed taking them
Thanks again for all the comments!
Oh actually, I took this beautiful shot of the Acropolis from our hotel at night, but you'll have to wait until I find it
Sixth stop: Athens
The fondest memories I have of Athens are of... the food! Ooohh yeah, those souvlakis, gyros and kebabs were just AMAZING! Me want more! My goodness, they were the most delectable I've ever had (one should hope so, right?).
I also LOVED figuring out the letters and words, it was like a little puzzle hahaha. We went on the metro train system quite a bit, and the words "Epomeni stasi... Monastiraki" (Next station... Monastiraki) will forever be etched in my brain
Anyway, so we spent the first day around the Forum and Acropolis. Acropolis was undergoing major reconstruction work, so half of it was down. I was really upset, this is what I came to Athens for dammit, and it wasn't in one piece
The view from Acropolis
One of those blue-painted windows! Yay! We went past this on the way up to the Acropolis (notice the little kitty... awwwww!)
The next day we went to Delphi (as in Oracle of Delphi. I'm a big mythology buff as well, so I've dreamt of going to this place as long as I can remember) on a local bus. It cost us about 15 Euro per person, if I'm not mistaken. We saved over 100 Euro by going by ourselves instead of joining a tour. I was pretty proud of that
Delphi was absolutely beautiful, definitely worth the three-hour bus trip from Athens. 3000 years ago, this place would've been an amazing sight to behold. It still is, but I guess you need a little bit of imagination, because hubby was like "Err... we've already seen ruins, back in Rome. We didn't spend three hours on the bus just for ruins, did we?". The poor guy didn't understand. I LOVE ruins
Sanctuary of Apollo (the Oracle of Delphi) - well, what's left of it anyway
View from Delphi - isn't it just beautiful? I can definitely understand why the Ancient Greeks chose this place for the Sanctuary, well, aside from the fact that the mythology says Delphi is the "navel of the Earth". Brief explanation: Zeus released two eagles in opposite directions, one to the east and one to the west. The eagles met in Delphi, so Zeus proclaimed that Delphi is the centre of the world, where the world began.
The Sacred Way, the road that goes from the Roman Agora to the Sanctuary of Apollo. It had the most beautiful sheen (as hopefully you can see here), I think it might be made of marble.
From here, we come down the mountain a little bit to reach Sanctuary of Athena Pronaea. As you can tell, those pillars had fell down and they rebuilt it with non-matching cement. Why, oh whyyyyy? Is it that hard not to make it look like camouflage gear?
A more "artistic" shot
Okay that's all folks! I hope you enjoyed the pics as much as I enjoyed taking them
Oh actually, I took this beautiful shot of the Acropolis from our hotel at night, but you'll have to wait until I find it
mspixieears
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What a lovely trip, and gorgeous pictures! It sounds like a dream, I hope you and your husband will be very happy together! Very mean of your husband's boss not to let him time off for an immediate honeymoon, but it looks like it was worth the wait!!!
Beautiful1
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You Take Excellent Pics They Are So Professional Looking!
exodus
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Thank you
Well we took a million pics from a million different angles (we totaled 20 Gb worth of RAW images!!! Thank goodness for the portable hard drive), and I picked the nicest ones to show here
There were lots of duds too
| Originally Posted by Beautiful1 You Take Excellent Pics They Are So Professional Looking!
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Thank you
Butterfly Princess
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Wow your pictures are amazing. The kinds you see in travel books etc. Athens looks beautiful.
