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The ancient sites of Athens and their 4 legged fauna (part 2)
Sorry for leaving you in the middle of my walk around the Ancient Agora of Athens but my previous post was already rather long plus there's a limit on upload that I can't exceed anyway. So, here's where I have the luck to spend my time at:
![DSC_0070.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/orestistrips/246FvFP5bASmCHHGm369PHXJqkrYo456jfRUAjyWSij6Pxx2QbL2pnwFZJqnrFdpTbDBX.JPG)

It's so lovely to have images like this filling your eyes in total absence of anything contemporary cause on the other side there's bits in the background that spoil this sensational view:
![DSC_0073.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/orestistrips/243WGzxTJrAN3yhRQVUL5tTAgUFEXHp9XK9bc7d3q5DjgimAzLvhnsH4TAgUYeMnjkZHS.JPG)

My next aim is to visit the [Stoa of Attalos](https://goo.gl/maps/njZjm9wBbY8GTWBPA), this long building in the distance:
![DSC_0071.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/orestistrips/23sdUc9M2vVqYZEkX5cQ3b1VoR2ahhEkg4pgTCbMUctPXF3m8SuD6LMCSXPRw9VATNbh2.JPG)

![DSC_0072.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/orestistrips/245cYZ6nfJHyyA6nJZGr7ujQRJFYZp4poTay9EWa8sKx8ZUHPPDJsWgN84qWbMzyXezi2.JPG)

I might be walking the Ancient Agora but this is belongs to the Roman period. It's also the building where the expansion of Europe was signed back in the early 2000s. Let's have a closer look:
![DSC_0074.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/orestistrips/23rAvcZ4hm6KK4op243LBm4ooAH1dF8fnuY93VDVPn3812KwEuXnzpXLjx9gQMprVeR1X.JPG)

How could the EU leaders imagine back in the day that 20 years later we'd be experiencing a war on the East end of our Union? Well, some of them should actually. At least mr. Schroeder...
A funny bit I recall from that time is that our PM welcomed Tony Blair by saying "As you can see we have some nice marbles here" with the UK PM replying looking at his entourage "You can't escape that guy...". Again, how could mr. Blair imagine that 20 years later we'd be closer to the return of Parthenon's marbles than ever. Times change...

In front of that historic building one can also see the oldest orthodox temple of Athens, dating back to the late 900s:
![DSC_0076.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/orestistrips/23zkc2qq3JoFRssdjRJJ2T3VSkbkkNwXmQqSLn7hJQ8vNmroY9BRhUgyUGm4Hv7hNfnu6.JPG)

Close your eyes and imagine you have a nice house right next to one of the most important ancient sites of the world..now open them:
![DSC_0077.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/orestistrips/23ujXK18LptdgRjh6NaM9METvbQyeJMn2cbW5cGyDrQ6fiyAP7PNuTwuge52GgRu6cAAV.JPG)
 
Still I can't take my eyes of the temple of Hephaestus (see why in my previous post):
![DSC_0078.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/orestistrips/2449mhUAHQ4LV6xyEPABXPYKnZDdy4G9Y8foNjKHigL2ZBd6DhqjztqACPdrHenBWcQkZ.JPG)

Funny thing is that a moment later a place draws an arrow above it:
![DSC_0081.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/orestistrips/Eq7KycJFsz7HJywfra5umcd6UkuEBaVNWV18pV9n6cHxLwf8ChbtvfWkcnB7C5amQun.JPG)

I can spend the whole day there taking various pictures as the vary same spot in front of the Stoa of Attalos offers top view but let's just put just one more which shows the [National Observatory of Athens](https://goo.gl/maps/bRsqYkDWzRGgmrMA6) far in the middle,
![DSC_0082.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/orestistrips/EqFpbHEuadQb4yF16vTRnCqz86mXbmQoHyM5wGhe9DP7eTpdS4s566WkTEfWK7h57a8.JPG)

and let's enter that extra long Stoa:
![DSC_0083.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/orestistrips/23yJGgBGq8dQo92qxhKKfHjik3DZwSKwQX5A657veui4Jx7qJ1GCPtKz4uufrTu3NqsmZ.JPG)

Just a couple of steps and you're in its impressive ground floor:
![DSC_0085.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/orestistrips/23wWuB8JtuwQaMRSa6bt3PNLANbiv2kyGYD3nrp5m53vse1jTsj5ViZUemVwcZ4rJ1pYd.JPG)

Which is full of statues,
![DSC_0086.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/orestistrips/23vsQpt4DD4dVqAd8KiN8xgraqNNTcRZstFqc6Vj5g2Ni8MXPifwpX4ZyaQPXh6B3yT1i.JPG)

![DSC_0087.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/orestistrips/23uQto9bwF89i9MxZatw2CkXcD6Pa3HJydDAsjTkXtbuafE1nTrNuX3beq878dzG5zxMj.JPG)


![DSC_0089.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/orestistrips/23yd1RT7MY71xVaNajSxVH8mSsBc3KgrwB78yB2zNnuX3AtUw3euvdcHjZ1oxWfTpkRr4.JPG)

![DSC_0090.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/orestistrips/23xAXkgAdXigLmXbM3eyono2Vhdmp8JHVJj3YHd5vxEUtYdHTTXzPdbWoPrcpVDrit8mN.JPG)


And nice view through its arches:

![DSC_0088.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/orestistrips/23x172FTi7PTEJxCVof12mzgwRLdpQJxVm3vZgRVKf3aGtAqH9Zrp3jLxryhab8zq3QQP.JPG)

Inside this building is a museum with nice items like the following one:

![DSC_0092.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/orestistrips/242hYxzQ5vngwq1aFLEuTyjAL8Fau15tFknhfjEJGUeC4rWNWi4q1pfi9i2DVbhvbRrVh.JPG)

(You can enjoy a walk inside the museum while watching a 4K video I will post later)

I love the ground floor so much that as I exit I can't resist a few more shots:

![DSC_0093.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/orestistrips/23x14ewJnEXpWoGYkSotXGL7UFJ3bK2PjHuD258Hax9LQEWXZcuHPdLnb2JZCs2vWUVSr.JPG)

![DSC_0094.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/orestistrips/23wqiH9K1dxnQm6MHD9F3ekBvH9bfT73CrWVaL3f47NUZtyXjoSaS49EK6onx3vcBufvj.JPG)

![DSC_0095.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/orestistrips/242NafV1hXGqSiFZwZWQ2DCp1kNdn11GokohQRbedi3JzsVMUQXpy22SesGqEcipLiHw2.JPG)

Here's how the rest of the city looks like from the North end of Stoa:

![DSC_0096.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/orestistrips/245SyNVJSsBKJ3ckTxE7n79gwzWNkUN1W7YL3p4BXX2K14juSMz6mpc7WmNHuhEwPxQcN.JPG)

The oldest metro line of Athens is just one breath away:
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And here is me struggling to capture the whole building from the very same spot:
![DSC_0098.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/orestistrips/23ynSTEqWnpT3pmWiroRgiPAkDBZSPoufGg1f1tDp1KDnYpCPBq5Jke3A8wrxnkXbrtUX.JPG)

As you see it's got one more floor so let's see what's waiting the visitors up there:

![DSC_0100.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/orestistrips/23xehtS5tWZV2v75T2TztR7DhyXCPSqeXJj5oXauySrohLXvfcpRokmHkyiMRfDhEzsVX.JPG)

Oups, that's a tall one!

![DSC_0101.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/orestistrips/23tbpcCs2FJQNUWT25GmTjcMD2hBNkc3cCRqa64pLtX9U125r4VrCuZgrvTSuMiL811oz.JPG)

Huge column!
![DSC_0103.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/orestistrips/23xyXCreHTq5TCFCwXwKuaUwbEUJMfG4qF2w2r8Rg32dnTGXfhwbBQbccA835NuzA35Rx.JPG)

I love that the upper floor is full of miniatures of the Agora and Acropolis. Nice job!

![DSC_0105.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/orestistrips/242hS8KDKNYpeMmEpkW5teG3cmYz9q2u3fr7qiieBQCpBn8YQk6QxNQjKwEMjGJcjVpYc.JPG)

![DSC_0104.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/orestistrips/23zkiCAQ4KyFWMsV2PVCsohkuCMq4v6TzWofvwiauBLTNCPSJDoUcED8xeZpfaLQHxiVG.JPG)

![DSC_0108.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/orestistrips/23wWu6PuJ3JLqGgxiZmMg6gkZNZ3DMnaVC2mGgjXA4C6GyiFxJ9aTSEZETJZqN8Ave7nv.JPG)

![DSC_0109.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/orestistrips/EogMqcJoe2Hn2NXSfxcvYncXhq3BzeSP6nM8nJ2HvxJuaxVfjc6Xob6g18rtJHQcRms.JPG)

The view from up there is even more impressive. The observatory's hill in its full beauty:
![DSC_0106.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/orestistrips/2449v6Mx2bLhKCufJC3NQNX6KdgwfKEsCEbqC1FqJD8C8Mf86vVKrTR1Fgu5CifcMWKPx.JPG)

The temple of Hephaestus just got one more arrow above it:
![DSC_0107.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/orestistrips/245cMx1zHRKa1Ar1nTJryvXyWRYVfBRuRhBJszzmibQzbpVbwHdGNtVUAXqULnoG2vayf.JPG)

And both of them compose this stunning view:
![DSC_0111.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/orestistrips/2466Zb6wyPnKTwuykivbsaUreyTCbZ19MJNyyY5N63j2jUGyCjrWz7azSEttkXDyH5ZTv.JPG)

Of course there's numerous statues as well:

![DSC_0110.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/orestistrips/23vsLKEYDomCo1bJEiSZJXf2Ra8Y3yWupVrEhECdqhPMUys3AqH7imvhigkQZTxP7pvGf.JPG)

As I leave the whole Agora behind I am exposed to the intense contradictions this capital offers. An under construction ancient site, surrounded by old and new buildings peppered with some graffiti:
![DSC_0114.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/orestistrips/243Ly4wYMpqNBmHuLAFY1xacU7GsPm3Y2tvMoQZWhHzVQwwwuDv6GDzM3K9cuZWeKXiLd.JPG)

A few graffiti later I find this rather insecure kitten:
![DSC_0115.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/orestistrips/23uQp2aHPNyVfbDdYkR5UXw5UX6rcLHFgxWaJCzTkmm9mKDqiRHorKVMZ4wZyBedi4zwr.JPG)

Regardless how tender I am she is too afraid to socialize so I continue my walk as I still have lots to see and it's not early anymore meaning that I have less chances to take picture in the absence of humanity.

###### To be continued...
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