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2006-10 Athens
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Sunset over Athens from the hotel window.

Boats in the Pireas harbour.

The ancient Agora in Athens.





The temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion, 65km south of Athens.







The Sepia faded colours setting of the digital camera works quite nicely on old ruins. "Sepia", coincidentally, is Greek for "cuttlefish" (cuttlefish ink was used as dye in old photographs).















































Cape Sounion with the temple of Poseidon, seen from the bus window on the way back to Athens.

View towards Acropolis and Parthenon through Hadrian's Arch.

The ruins of the temple of Olympian Zeus.









Hadrian's Arch.



A column in the ruined Olympian Zeus temple.



The Syntagma square near Plaka, Athens. (shutter speed 7 seconds)

The Syntagma square. (shutter speed 3 seconds)

The Syntagma square. (shutter speed 3 seconds)

The Syntagma square. (shutter speed 3 seconds)

Sunrise over Athens from the plane window.







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