Showing posts with label Athens. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Athens. Show all posts

April 23, 2015

The First View


Athens, Greece, April 1976. This was my first photo of Athens as we rode the bus from the airport to the hotel.

June 2, 2013

Baskets Reuion


Athens, Greece, April 16, 1976. Some of the shops target primarily tourists.

May 14, 2013

Soles


Athens, Greece, April 16, 1976. It's easy to skip some of the shops along the tourist drag.

June 11, 2012

Copper Shop


Athens, Greece, April 16, 1976. A vendor at the "Plaka," or flea market, lets his wares shine.

May 6, 2012

Food Cart


Athens, Greece, April 1976. A vendor sells almonds at the Plaka (Flea Market).

March 23, 2012

Disco

What do you get when you take a Kodak Instamatic Camera into a discotheque? A fuzzy memory.


Athens, Greece, April 1976. I was very proud of that a-line denim skirt and the Western denim blouse (with snap buttons). There are a few maxi dresses on the dance floor.

March 5, 2012

February 24, 2012

February 20, 2012

Here's an old chestnut.


Athens, Greece, April 16, 1976. It's my first day in Athens, and I buy roasted chestnuts.

February 8, 2012

It's 1976.

Here's what happens when three American teenagers get unleashed on the Parthenon.


Athens, Greece, April 16, 1976. My traveling companions explore the Parthenon. Their "vogue" predates the "King Tut" craze by almost exactly two years: Steve Martin introduced the number on the April 22, 1978 episode of Saturday Night Live.

Besides. We're good students from a Catholic girl's high school, and we know we're not in Egypt.