The Acropolis, Athens, June 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nAfter an early breakfast we set out to try to beat the crowds visiting the Acropolis; we joined the small queue that had already formed at eight-thirty.\u00a0 Even at that hour it was a hot climb up to the entrance; it was already busy and we were soon enveloped in the sense of being over crowded, first with individuals and then with the influx of tour groups.\u00a0 People endlessly posed and took pictures; a TUI tour group peered down at their tablet screens edged with by little blue logoed sun shades.\u00a0 A Japanese camera crew filmed a presenter in a long scarlet dress doing a piece to camera against the backdrop of the Parthenon Temple of Athena.\u00a0 Does it need the publicity?\u00a0 It was hot, dusty and noisy; the guardians blew whistles at transgressors getting too intimate with the stones. \u00a0Why do people bringing small children and bored teenagers here?\u00a0 How many are here because it\u2019s a traveller\u2019s box to be ticked?\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was impossible to appreciate the genuine grandeur, beauty and importance of the buildings, the symbols of the glory that was Greek culture and learning.\u00a0 We struggled back through the crowds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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