After two days in Athens, Ben and I picked up a rental car and headed out to the country. Before this trip, I hadn’t heard much about Greece outside of Athens or the Greek Islands. It turns out there’s A LOT more of the country to explore, and we barely even scratched the surface.
Ben and I are fascinated by ancient history and have enjoyed seeing Roman ruins in Europe. We took a step even further back in time by traveling to Greece for a week, and we love it! We spent 2 full days in Athens, the birthplace of modern civilization. The Ancient Greeks made huge leaps in government, philosophy, science, and art. It’s been amazing to see ruins and artifacts from this era and imagine all of this happening over 2000 years ago.
Athens is a huge sprawling city, but all of the tourist sites are concentrated near the Acropolis (a big rock in the center of the city with the Parthenon and other ancient temples). This area of Athens is really nice (more…)