From the start of my interest in the ancient world, I have wanted to see Athens. All I needed to do was wait to be invited to a conference in the area so that I could score free travel and accommodations! Unfortunately, no invitation has come my way, but now that we are in Europe, it is not so expensive nor so time-consuming to travel there for a short visit. We found a decent hotel in the Monastiraki neighbourhood, not far from the acropolis, and checked off the list of typical tourist activ...
