Odeum of Herodes Atticus (Odeion / Irodion) Athens

This morning, after rising early at 4 and heading to the airport for our 6am flight, we didn't find ourselves footloose in the city until 2pm (short version: 1h time change loss, 1h plane delay, 3h flight, 1h delay at airport due to hat forgotten in plane, 1h train into city, 1/2h finding hotel...). At any rate, today's big activity was a visit …

Une autre merveille du monde conquise! Aujourd'hui, nous avons vu le Parthénon sur l'Acropole de Grèce. Je suis conscient que les listes des merveilles du monde varient selon les interlocuteurs mais le Parthénon figure parmi ma liste avec la Grande muraille de Chine, le Taj Mahal, les chutes Niagara, les Pyramides de Gizeh, le Collisée de Rome et …

Day 1,
I just got of the plane, and I'm currently heading towards my hotel, Acropolis Hll Hotel. Personally, I think it's the best hotel here! Free breakfast and a great view sounds great to me!

Day 3,
Yesterday, I was at the Odeum of Herodes Atticus Theatre! It was free and was having a musical today, even though I didn't …

... the sounds we'll get to see a lot of the original decor when we get to the British Museum (the Elgin Marbles). The Odeum of Herodes Atticus was a theatre which was largely in tact and is still used for performances today. The Temple of Olympian Zeus is ...

... the marble carvings to adorn the temple). This fact alone, even by today's standards is truly amazing. Pericles, 1st citizen of Athens at the time, oversaw the construction and is attributed with introducing TQM (Total Quality Management) to society. ...

... tree - at which Athena first planted her tree in the competition against Poseidon. It was so that Athens was named after her. The famous Odeum of Herodes Atticus - where Yanni had performed at the Acropolis... something I had only watched on TV and now ...

...  I had to come back for it later. There's a steep, but short, hill up to the Odeum of Herodes Atticus, a amphi-theater with a bunch of crumbling arches in front and fairly new looking stone seats (restoration work) that came ...

... it's the best hotel here! Free breakfast and a great view sounds great to me! Day 3, Yesterday, I was at the Odeum of Herodes Atticus Theatre! It was free and was having a musical today, even though I didn't understand what was being said, the ...