Well Tara may not have enjoyed the ancient temples of the Greeks but I found it amazing that there were so many. My mind kept thinking back to Acts chapter 17. It was amazing to think that these people had so many idols and I was only able to see the ones that had survived the many millenium. Some of the blocks of stone were quite massive and it took a number of years to finish them. I can only imagine the Athens that Paul would have been looking at when he visited.
The rubble that these mighty temples are now in is poor in comparision to what it must have been. I am awed by history
at times to think of the people that walked the earth and the impact some had. The Greek culture has changed history and because of it we have many of our modern thoughts and structures in our cultures, so the question is “Is it a modern culture if we get so much influence from the ancient world?” Well the experience was a good one. I had fun
walking around, and the ancient Agora museum was the only park in the city I really visited (if there were any more, I don’t
know). So here are some pictures for those of you who would like to see them. Athens was not much of a city I’m afraid to say and if it hadn’t had some biblical meaning to me it really would not have been all that exciting. I enjoyed the time there connecting with friends and just relaxing, and I really enjoyed having a hot shower in a heated bathroom. I made sure I took a nice long one every day.
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Well Tara may not have enjoyed the ancient temples of the Greeks but I found it amazing that there were so many. My mind kept thinking back to Acts chapter 17. It was amazing to think that these people had so many idols and I was only able to see the ones that had survived the many millenium. Some of the blocks of stone were quite massive and it took a number of years to finish them. I can only imagine the Athens that Paul would have been looking at when he visited.
The rubble that these mighty temples are now in is poor in comparision to what it must have been. I am awed by history
at times to think of the people that walked the earth and the impact some had. The Greek culture has changed history and because of it we have many of our modern thoughts and structures in our cultures, so the question is “Is it a modern culture if we get so much influence from the ancient world?” Well the experience was a good one. I had fun 
walking around, and the ancient Agora museum was the only park in the city I really visited (if there were any more, I don’t
know). So here are some pictures for those of you who would like to see them. Athens was not much of a city I’m afraid to say and if it hadn’t had some biblical meaning to me it really would not have been all that exciting. I enjoyed the time there connecting with friends and just relaxing, and I really enjoyed having a hot shower in a heated bathroom. I made sure I took a nice long one every day.
January 26th, 2006 at 4:33 pm
Crazy to have walked the steps of Paul…
Glad you guys had a good time with the interns, vacation and rest and re-connecting is a great thing! Thanks for sharing the pics.