Olympic Games Come Home to Greece this Year
A couple of
years ago I went Athens for a 3 day visit From
Zante. It is 
such a
sprawling City
that is alive for 24 hours a day,
it
is a totally different but thoroughly enjoyable experience from visiting the
Islands. I am looking forward to going again for the Olympic Games.
returning to their spiritual home Greece in 2004.
changing of the guard
Athens
historic treasures of Greece
This is a stunning photo of the Acropolis during the 2004 Olympic Games Take a look at the full size image and imagine what it would look like if the Elgin Marbles were where they belonged.
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Having visited the Parthenon on the
Acropolis in Athens it is my firm conviction that the
artefacts
that in an act
of grand theft were
plundered by Lord Elgin and now displayed in the British Museum, should,
without delay be returned to their rightful place. It is almost beyond belief
that Grecians should have to come to England to view their own treasures in
order to gather information and make copies of the looted artifacts to display
near the Parthenon. Where, anywhere in
the world is a
more appropriate place for the originals to be displayed, along with the other
priceless treasures than in the proposed new State of the Art Museum
near the Acropolis. I hope that soon our current British
Government will have the political courage to make this long overdue
gesture of goodwill and return the marbles to the Greek nation
Make your views known by visiting and registering your vote at
Interested in the ongoing campaign to have the Elgin Marbles restored to Greece? Then please take the time to visit this most interesting site via the link below. It is jam packed with information and a huge photo Gallery
Getting to Athens from Zakynthos is quite a long journey. From the port at Zante a short ferry trip takes you to the port of KYLLINI. Going To Athens by road has the added advantage of enabling you to see more of Greece on the way, including the church at PATRA with its stunning interior,
Traveling on to Athens takes you to and across the canal at Corinth : This modern feat of civil engineering was from Aegean via the Argosaronic Gulf of to the Ionian sea
