Athens: Travel Photography
After the wedding in Akrata, we travelled back to Athens to spend a couple of days there before heading to Santorini.
We stayed in Plaka, the oldest district in Athens that sits underneath the Acropolis. Our hotel room had an amazing view of the acropolis and we spent the two days wondering the streets around Plaka, visiting taverns for yummy food and cold beer with frosted glasses (they really know how to serve beer on a 40 degree day) and of course we went to the Acropolis. Unfortunately we decided to visit the new Acropolis museum on our last day and sure enough, although the guide book said it would open at 12pm, it was closed for the day. That was a disappointment as we had heard some amazing things about the museum. Oh well, it just means we will have to go back to Athens again, which I am quite happy to do!
Our view from the balcony at night

The Acropolis - it is just amazing!




The streets of Plaka were beautiful, so I tried my hand at some street photography.



Isn’t this dog just the cutest? Sitting on the window, waiting for his owners to come home I think

As a wedding photographer, I cannot resist snapping a couple in love…





Posted by emma on August 27th, 2010 :: Filed under Travel, Travel Photography
Tags :: Acropolis, Athens, Athens Street Photography, Athens Travel Photography, Greece, Greece Travel Photography, Street Photography, The Plaka

The mountain in the background is nicknamed the sleeping lady, can you see her?
Told you I was up early! This is the sunrise on Friday morning.
Olympia. It still amazes me to see remains of buildings from a couple of thousand years ago (or more, history never a strong point, geography, now I am way better at that)
Sometimes, weeds can be pretty…
The museum there was pretty incredible. Strangely I gravitated towards the sculpture of the naked man…
How’s the detail in the shoe? It is just awe inspiring…
Saturday morning, 6am on Akrata beach.
Someone else was up early, or left their bike there the night before. A more likely tale since the street was partying till the wee hours the night before.




















