This morning (Friday) after breakfast we headed out to see the remaining sites in Athens on our multi-site ticket. We visited Keramikos (an ancient graveyard), the ancient agora, Roman agora and Hadrian's library. Some of these structures are very well maintained such as the Hephaisteion in the background of this picture and others are reduced to fields of rocks. There are many restoration efforts going on, but Italy has done a much better job of maintaining and restoring their historical sites. One of the other interesting parts of Athens is that there are a LOT of dogs that just seem to be roaming around. Many of them have collars and look to be well fed, in many cases fat, so we assume that they are pets and the culture here allows them to roam around town. Our trip has been a lot of fun but we are starting to get ready to come home. We plan to relax during our last day here tomorrow, which is especially necessary as Lauren has started to feel a bit sick today.
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