Travelin' Tuesday - The Temple of Zeus

For this week's edition of Travelin' Tuesday we have the Temple of Zeus, in Athens. That would be Greece, not Georgia. In April of 2005, when Chris returned home from Iraq the first time, we fulfilled a dream of ours and went to Greece for a week. What a beautiful country, and so steeped in history. Right outside the entrance to the Plaka (the old center of town), and right in the middle of a busy intersection sits the Temple of Zeus. It's several thousand years old, and only 12 of the old pillars still remain. As you might guess from it's name, it was a temple dedicated to the Greek God Zeus. What's weird about Athens is that it's a very modern city in some respects, but interspersed among the skyscrapers and huge banks and office buildings are relics of the the old Athens. As I mentioned before, the Temple sits in the middle of a busy intersection in downtown. They literally just built the road around it, and I'm talking several lanes of very busy traffic. Getting to the Temple was a little dangerous, as Athenians don't like to stop for pedestrians!

Here is a picture of the Temple of Zeus:



And here is Chris standing in front of it, to give you an idea of just how huge it is: