From Rome we flew to Athens. 
My brief stay in Athens, entertaining myself while Newton met with business partners, was highlighted by the new Parthenon museum. I took a bus and the metro from our hotel on the Adriatic Sea. The museum is down the hill from the actual Parthenon. It is wonderfully conceived and executed, presenting basically a walk around a simulated temple with the original surviving marbles in their original ‘places,’ complete with explanations. I love a museum where one feels like it is possible to see the entirety of the exhibit.
I then traveled by metro to Technopolis, an old industrial part of the city – the former gas works – to see its transformation into a cultural center. There are galleries and restaurants adapted to the structures that existed for the gas works, many with the massive equipment still there!
Add to this a couple of unforgettable (as always) dinners out with the Athens business partners, and the brief stay was just perfect.
Instead of joining Newton in Poland for business, I headed for Germany.
Love,
Sandy
I never made it to Greece, but always wanted to go. One of my good friends, a P&Ger, still have a family home in Athens and also second home and an olive orchard on one of the islands. His descriptions make it sound wonderful.
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