Thanks to all that replied. This is my first use of Smugmug, and I didn’t realize that the whole gallery would post.
Anyway… to address a few of the comments and explain a few things: The city was very clean. The economy is still terrible, so there are many vacant buildings, but basic services seem good. If you look at the graffiti in the last photo, you will see Byron and Ravel; both of those are apparently authentic. The first photo looks down on the neighborhood our hotel was in. The park with the monumental columns illustrates how ubiquitous ruins are in that part of the world (as our host said, “You can’t put a spade in the dirt without disturbing an antiquity.”) The fourth photo is from the Acropolis Museum, which is a wonder. Ruins uncovered during the excavation and construction are nicely displayed, as shown. Photo the fifth is the Temple of Poseidon in Sounion, where we took a half-day trip. The woman in the next photo is a colleague who treats brain tumor patients at CHOP. She was amused and intrigued (the guy was a bit of a ham) and made a donation. Cheers, Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW > On May 10, 2017, at 8:52 AM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > > Good stuff, Rick. > > I confess that the parallax distortion of the building itself bothers me. > > On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 8:57 PM, Rick Womer <[email protected]> wrote: >> I had a very brief visit to Athens last month; two days’ travel and two >> days’ work, and a day as a tourist. >> >> This is the Parthenon, where work to stabilize the ruins is apparently >> continuous. The field of prehistoric rubble was impressive. >> >> https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/Athens-417/i-z6GqBCZ/A >> >> (K-5, DA 16-45) >> >> Comments appreciated. >> >> Rick >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > > -- > -bmw > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
