Greece! Part 6. Last Day in Athens!

Friday was our last day in Athens before boarding the Sun Princess.

It was a low-key morning, when we spent doing laundry and starting our packing before getting one more delicious Greek lunch, another museum, and one last temple. 

Lunch in Monastiraki Square. We chose our favorites: dolmadakia, Greek salad, and feta encased in phyllo dough and fried, served with honey and sesame seeds. My oh my

Bellies full, we found our way to the Museum of Modern Greek Culture, where we toured several buildings in a little neighborhood, each building showcasing a different aspect of modern (roughly the 19th-21st centuries) Greek culture.

A few photos.

And then. And THEN! A sunset tour to the Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion at sunset. 

A bus took us and a bunch of others up to the top of a cliff, where the ancient Greeks had built a temple to the God of the Sea, Poseidon. 

Sorry not sorry for lots of photos.

First glimpse of the beautiful temple

The guide mentioned that Lord Byron loved Greece and Cape Sounion in particular, and he would visit often to watch the sunset. He carved his name in a pillar here, too. She gave the general area to look for it, but I used Google's help to find it.

When you visit, you can find it on this piece of stone:

Byron was an important figure in Greece's fight for Independence. See an explanation here, along with his poem "The Isles of Greece," in which he mentions the cape.

Can you see the airplane? It's at 1:00 from the sun.

Maybe it was this one?

We got back to Athens quite late, and instead of heading straight to our hotel, Trish had the great idea to find a rooftop bar for one last view of the Acropolis.

We were there!