October 29-31
over the 
Alps, but the
experience doesn't translate all that well into pictures. Athens, however, is a bit more
photogenic. Our hotel said it was admired for its "cubist" 
architecture, but we thought it more 
brutalist (and whatever do you suppose an "embryoland" is?). Anyway, the view 
was nice. First thing we did 
was get to the Acropolis Museum, which 
was astounding, although the transparent 
pavement didn't photograph all that well. This 
was what was underneath 
the entire building. How they built it we couldn't imagine. We walked 
around the Acropolis, though the top itself was closing in twenty
minutes, so we contented ourselves 
with the hill 
behind it.
On the walk to the subway the next day I thought 
I'd document some Athenian 
parking practices.
On Saturday I went to Syntagma Square, from where you can walk to 
Lykavettos, 
and if you're
foolish enough,
climb it, I
guess for 
the view. And
then I found my way to Monastiraki Square, 
where the tube station is a 
museum, and the souvlaki was just about 
as I remembered it.