Athens Crash Course
April 13th, 2002
Athens Crash Course
A short hop into the big city was enough to see the Acropolis.
Most backpackers will agree that Athens is just another big city with nothing more to do than see the Acropolis. The beauty of the Greek Isles had soaked up so much of our time that Athens was a short [but enough] venture. We arrived from Mykonos into the Rafina port at 5am awaiting the first circuit of buses to transport us into the city centre about 45 minutes away. In Athens, we first got lost in the Greek alphabet, then found the train station, booked train tickets to Patras, left our bags, and ventured to the Acropolis. In Athens, the underground tube stations are museums with precious static displays. A newly designed underground tube momentarily arrived and transported us to the Acropolis stop where we got off and got lost. Finally making way to the entrance with a lady from Barcelona, I paid €6 to walk up and through the historical ruins of the Parthenon, Theatre of Herodes Atticus, Theatre of Dionysos, and Erechtheion.
Welcome to my site and I hope you enjoy it. When I first travelled to Europe while I was in college I really had the time of my life seeing the many different types of cultures. The flavors of the food, the welcome of the people, the love shared across the world was so much greater than living in the United States ... 
