Tag Archives: Athens
What Have The Greeks Ever Done For Us?
As the noose tightens around the neck of Greece and their smashing country folk feel devastated, abandoned, isolated and forlorn, I wonder if anybody has thought of the debt that the world owes this wonderful country? Democracy, Mathematics, Literature, Medicine, Art, Architecture, Theatre, Music, Sculpture, Science, Agriculture & The Olympics to name a few, were […]
Overseas Sporting & Events
An excellent enhancement to any overseas trip is taking in cultural events such as opera & ballet or sports. Sometimes these are attended by design, pre-booked in advance, but on other cases they can be pure chance, just lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time. I have put my thinking cap on and […]
2014 Gone, 2015 Beckons…..
2014 The year started slowly travel wise, with my efforts and finances channeled into arranging my 49th Birthday Party at Exeter City FC and visiting Wembley to watch my Manchester City lift the Capital One Cup. City were to give me my first travel experience of the year however, when I took Mrs. Wilbur to […]
The Acropolis Museum
So now I feel a little more educated, after visiting the comprehensive museum. Having whisked past all the pots and urns as usual (a cooking pot is a cooking pot, whatever the age, in my opinion), we headed upstairs to the floor dedicated to the Parthenon and the Parthenon Sculptures. So often when I visit […]
Athens – Cradle of Civilisation
LOSING THEIR MARBLES I am sat at a cafe in the Thissio district of Athens, alongside the Ancient Agora at the base of the Parthenon. Tomorrow I shall be visiting the Museum of the Acropolis. I am sure it will be a wonderful visit, but of course there is one ‘exhibit’ missing – the Parthenon […]
