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I went to Greece in July for an international psychology conference.  On the way to the island where the conference was held,
I went to Athens and the Acropolis.  Below are pictures from the Acropolis and from Spetses Island.

A view from the Acropolis

Me in front of the more-than-famous Parthenon

This is the temple on the north side of the Acropolis

When my father went to Greece, he saw this statue and thought that it looked like me.
It is really of Alexander the Great, I think, but now we can rename it:
Matthew, the Fairly Eminent

 


More busts and statues from the Acropolis museum

 
There were a bunch of places with spare parts, these are some of the best

 
These are the original friezes from the front of the Parthenon

This is a panorama looking across at a nearby hill.  I took the distant pictures of the Acropolis from the top of this hill

The view of the Acropolis in the evening.  On the left is Hadrian's or someone elses library.

When I came back through Athens, I was near the Acropolis at night.  They have it lit up very beautifully

The flag of Greece from the top of the Acropolis

The conference I went to was on the Island of Spetses.  This is one of the bays on the small island

 
Other views of the island of Spetses

One of the places I spent much of my time--Aghia beach on Spetses

And yes, I did attend the conference.  Here is the farewell dinner. 
The people at my table were from Greece, Japan, Croatia, Australia, and France