Today we went exploring on foot. We visited the Acropolis, the Parthenon, the Ancient Agora, Kerameikos (an ancient cemetery), the Temple of the Olympian Zeus, and Hadrian’s Library. All of this was quite well preserved although you could see some of it had been restored or was undergoing restoration. Walking through these ancient marble and sandstone sites one could really get a feel for ancient Greece.
We also ventured to the Olympic Stadium that housed the 1896 (first - modern) Olympic games. It has been fully restored and judging by the running track it is still used for events today. It was pretty cool to walk around this track and through its marble stands imagining the first Olympics over 100yrs ago.
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