Good day to you! Or good evening depending on when you are reading this blog. This is another one of my travel blogs that should have been written two months ago, but finding the right words is not easy for me. This blog will be about the ancient city of Acropolis and Mars Hill in Athens, Greece.
I should start off by saying in all honesty I wasn’t all that impressed with modern Athens. It’s a lot like going to New York City or London. On the bright side up on a high hill is the historic sites of the Acropolis and the many ruins that surround it. And at the bottom of that is Mars Hill. I would highly advise visiting these sites on a cool day. My reason for this is simple. My husband and I went on a very hot August day. We got up early that morning in hopes of beating the crowd, but apparently, we weren’t the only ones with that idea.
I have to say once we were able to get through the seriously long crowded line to get to the top of the Acropolis, it was worth it. When we got to the top everyone scattered to the ruin they wanted to see. And I have to say those ruins were impressive. They were all under some kind of construction to keep them up. And there is a beauty to all of these ruins. If I could have I would have gladly walked in all of them. Sadly that isn’t possible. There was one ruin with statues of I believe a number of ladies as pillars in a temple which had me intrigued. I did manage to get a bunch of really cool-looking pictures. I think for me the only downfall to these ruins is to know that way back they were used to worship the Greek gods. I think every one of those temples had their own god that the people worshiped. Putting that aside these ruins were cool to see and walk around.
What really meant the most to me was listening to the Biblical Book of Romans on earphones with my husband as we were leaving the Acropolis and making our way to Mars Hill. Mars Hill is a very big rock outcrop that was used to hold discussions. What I do know is back in the days of the Bible Paul the Apostle stood on top of Mars Hill and while there he could see the people of the Acropolis praying to their gods and knew he needed to teach them about the God of the Bible. I know some people listened to him. For me as much as I love ruins Mars Hill meant more to me because that’s where Paul was standing when he saw the need for Christ in those temples and told people about him.
Kathleen Smith author of Miscarriages My Story, Brooklyn Raised Livin’ Upstate & Hey You Moments to Remember. Blogs about a variety of things. Has her own podcast Kathleen’s Korner and she is the CEO of BearsWithApps. OH, let’s not forget her YouTube channel