Athens

When we came to Athens, we actually docked in Piraeus and took a short drive to the ancient Acropolis. What do you even say about such an amazing city such as Athens? The birthplace of democracy, the cradle of western civilization, home to amazing philosophers. I couldn't believe we were actually standing there.

Here we are in front of the Parthenon. Interesting bit of history, the Parthenon was completely intact until the 1600s. It was under turkish control and had been turned into a mosque. They were storying their munitions in there and a canon from the Venetians hit the parthenon and it was destroyed.

The Temple of Athena.

Mars Hill is located right at the base of the Acropolis in Athens and it has Pauls Unknown God sermon from Acts 17 inscribed in Greek there. I love being places with Biblical history. Imagining these great men of God standing there, exactly where we were standing. Amazing!!!

Here's Brad standing on top of Mars Hill with the Acropolis in the background.

Athens was so cool, not just because of the amazing buildings, but the amount of history that has taken place there over the last 3,000 years.