Athens

my first impression of athens was that, i could have just viisted malaysia. despite holding the olympics only recently, athens is very much a underdeveoped city. it has a long and illustrious past but a blighted future. it has beautiful historic ruins but has not managed to promote them sufficiently. advertising is still billboard style and much can be done to improve on this.

i walked around the city centre today which seems like a whole different world from the outskirts and surrounding suburbs. my hostel is a joke as usual. hotel zeus. it needs a miracle. lol.

tomorrow going to the acropolis which will be fantastic as usual. it lies on a hilltop overlooking the whole of athens. cant wait. then probably the day after will take the whole day to explore the surrounding islands and then on friday before i leave will go to the national archaelogical museum of athens. i wish i could spend more time here. would have loved to visit apollos (?), mykonos and other islands with all the fabulous myths. should also have read homer's illiad before coming. oh well. :)