Godiva on the Rocks

I took Godiva through the most famous sites on the Acropolis, including the Theatre of Dionysos, the Temple of Aesclepius, the Odeon of Herod Attikus, the Propylaea, the Parthenon, and the Erechtheion. Since I've already been here twice, I'm just posting the pictures of the two of us as we went on our Acropolis adventure today.

No question why her nickname is Godiva

What Godiva really wanted to see was the Areopagus, or Mars Hill, where the Apostle Paul's speech about the Altar to the Unknown God before the Council is recorded in the book of Acts and reproduced on a bronze plaque sunk into the rock.

Godiva was amazed at the profusion of marble everywhere. Athens has so much marble that all the informational signs, the curbs on the streets, and even the water fountains are made out of marble.

At the Acropolis overlooking Athens 1

We continued our shopping adventures below the Acropolis in Plaka. Godiva had to change some more US currency to Euros, and she thinks a thief watched us leave the exchange booth because she discovered when we got back to my apartment that night that she had been pickpocketed. The pickpocket didn't get all her money, only what was in her purse, thank goodness. Nor did the thief take her camera or anything of mine, so at least we're left with the pictures of our day scrambling over the rocks of Athens.

At the Acropolis overlooking Athens 2

Paul's speech at the Areopagus

Even the ladies' room sign is made of marble