Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Those pictures have come

Alight, so just so you all know, I spent an afternoon on Bologna, a really hip University town, with miles upon miles of covered shopping streets. I also happened to be in town during their Jazz Festival, so I got to kill a few hours listening to some pretty decent bands play.



Here is a picture of Bologna's two (severly) leaning towers (eat your heart out, Pisa).



From there, I went to Brindisi (you can see a really cool war memorial in the distance),



and boarded my ferry (that's a really big boat to you Albertans) to the land of Greece.



In Athens, I got this pass (for a mere 6 euros, thank you student ID) that let me into all the major archeological sites around Athens, including (but not limited to): the Ancient Agora, the Roman Agora, the Temple of Olympian Zeus, and, of course, the Acropolis. Some essential Athens pictures include:

The Acropolis



A huge temple on the Acroplis



The Temple of the Olympian Zeus (or what's left of it)



A turtle I found amongst some ruins.



A really epic random building



An old temple in the Ancient Agora



Today I spent almost entirely at the National Archeological Museum (which was really well done) and I got my ferry ticket to the Greek Islands. I depart tomorrow morning to the island of Naxos. Since I don't know how widely available internet is out there, you may not hear from me for a few days. Don't worry, I'll get back in one piece. For now, I'm off to find some eats.

4 comments:

stephenrstone said...

Edmonton has jackrabbits, Ottawa has groundhogs... Athens has turtles. Home is where your local animal is!

(Greek ruins = v. cool, btw)

Julie Hall said...

Halifax has awesome.

ZenJos said...

Grande Prairie has...um...crickets.

I wish I were being clever or making a point here, but that's seriously the only wild creature I can think of that one would see often around here.

Christian said...

How about deer? Moose? Even bears (oh my!). And ruins are cool. Halifax... has boats...