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MEMORIES OF MARVELOUS PORTS

Author: By Richard P. Carpenter, Globe Staff
Date: SUNDAY, July 26, 1998
Page: M6
Section: Travel

Athens -- This isn't the pretty city it was three or so decades ago because there are more people, more buildings, and more cars, but it's a vibrant place, and its ancient sites continue to enthrall. . . . Looking at the Parthenon and other structures at the Acropolis, I try to envision them as they once were: painted, blue, terra-cotta, black, and white. . . . Later, I salute as we ride by a statue of Harry Truman, a hero to the Greek people, too. . . . At the Olympic Stadium, we are reminded that Athens, and not Atlanta, should have been the setting for the 100th modern Olympics. . . . Wandering through the Plaka shopping district, I see Leonardo DiCaprio T-shirts everywhere. But the T-shirt that impresses me says simply, ``Michael Jordan.'' Why? Because it is worn not by a tourist but a Greek schoolboy. . . . Must my wife snap a picture of every cat in Athens (and everywhere else, for that matter)? . . . A scenic ride of an hour or so to Cape Sounion brings us to the ancient Temple of Poseidon, perched high on a cliff with the Aegean Sea churning below. Just call it our Poseidon adventure.


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