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Hill, shop and dance
... back via the Funicular (we were tempted to walk down before we had seen the long steep zig-zag path) and headed to the Benaki Museum. It is a private museum (quite expensive) established by a wealthy Greek, Benakis (1873-1954). The entrance is quite ...
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Athens arrival
... a long (3-hour) lunch. The following day we went up Lycabettus hill to see the view, then into the wonderfully eclectic Benaki Museum. We finished the day walking down to the church of Kapnikarea We decided to have a quiet day, so we went ...
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Chapter 2: My Big Fat Greek Holiday
... at other Olympics venues. More wandering aimlessly in the streets near Agora below the Acropolis. Saw the enzone again and went to Benaki Museum. It's a collection of various things, mostly Greek, acquired by a guy over his lifetime. There was some cool ...
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Getting acclimatized to Athens
... all simply ignoring each other and lying on the pavement and streets. Spent most of the rest of the afternoon at the Benaki Museum, which has the most incredible collection of artifacts, ancient and modern. I spent about 2 hours on the lower floor ...
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Jenn needed her horse fix for the week
Woke up and the Tsolas family was there, so after some breakfast, we got to go to the Benaki museum with our favorite archaeologist! We first dropped of Amaryllis at the British Consulate (i think?) for her English classes or just to play on the ...
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Another Athens Appreciation
... leg elevated fashion. Next we walked to Monostiraki station whence the flea markets stretched as far as Thisio. Then to the Benaki Museum which is housed where the eponymous Benaki had his home and is a marble structure as regards floors and ...
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Lycabettus Hill: Adventures in Athens Continue
... euros and were very proud of ourselves! After that, I met up with two people from the ACG Art History Society to go to the Benaki Museum. We dashed up to the museum’s rooftop cafe in order to catch the parade of the Evzones going by on the ...
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Another full day
... . Picture taking was not allowed inside, but I did get a picture of Hannah looking down through a type of plexiglass flooring outside that reveals uncovered remains of early Athens structures. Going to the Benaki Museum and War Museum today. Laters, ...
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First Weekend in Athens
... and I just sat and bonded. It was relaxing after a week of orientation and classes. On Saturday, we went to the Benaki Museum, which is an artifacts museum down the street that features artifacts from the 34th century BC (!!) up until the 20th century. ...
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Museums and the start of Mykonos and island cruisi
... above 30 degrees and it was only 9.30am, it was going to be another hot day. From Syntagma square I walked to the Benaki museum. This museum had lots of pottery, art works, statues and other things on display, it was a great museum and I wandered around ...
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