The Burger King Incident

This happened few months back..

When we were in Athens, it was so hard to find halal food. We ate Maggi Mee that we brought from Malaysia almost everyday. And on the last day, we finally bought Fish fillet & French fries from McDonald's. Even in Dubai, where halal food is everywhere, we still craved food from Malaysia.

Especially myself, I was craving for Whopper from Burger King... I kept reminding my hubby, once we are back in Malaysia, we must get one, for myself at least!!

The burger that made me cry....

(photo taken from Burger King)

So the 2nd day in JB, before I went home to Kuching, my loving hubby brought us to Burger King. I was so happy that I told him I'll 'ciya' lunch and told him to go find seats with Iman.

Before I came to the counter, I noticed there's a promotion of Whooper Jr Twin. I knew my hubby would like Whooper Jr, so I thought it would be a good deal. In my mind, I thought the set consist of 1 Whopper and 1 Whooper Jr...

So imagine my surprise when I saw TWO Whopper Jr being placed on my tray. Then I read again the poster, and of course, the set was for TWO Whooper Jr (Twin set la kan...)..... I was so sad that I was speechless... I paid and walked to our table.

Just as I sat, I CRIED!! I really really cried.... Tears just burst from my eyes.... My hubby panicked, thinking that someone has offended me... and asked why??

Then I told him... I was so frustrated that I did not get my WHOPPER!! I want Whopper, NOT Whopper Jr!!

My hubby was emotionless... He wanted to laugh, but he's afraid that it will offended me. He wanted to help, but he does not know exactly what to do.... He offered his Whopper Jr, but two Whopper Jr is not the same as ONE WHOPPER!! All that I want at that time is my WHOPPER!!!

He offered to buy another one, but I was still rational enough to know that I don't think I can finish two burgers, and eating later will not have the same feeling as eating it at that moment. Rasa macam nak merajuk je dgn Burger King time tu...

Luckily not many people in the restaurant, if not, people may wonder why this crazy woman cry??? Even Iman was puzzled to see me cried.. he also almost cried himself, luckily my hubby managed to distract him with his toys...

At the end, I ate my Whopper Jr in tears...

Funny huh.... thinking back, I also wondered why I was so emotional that time... and only few weeks later, I think I know why...

Wait for my next entry and I'll tell you why.... :-)

The Cartoons....

I like the cartoon at my side bar.

In a way, that's how I like to represent us, as cartoon characters....

But Iman has another idea on how he wants us to be...

Suddenly one evening he gave us cartoon names.... don't ask me why he wants to be the monkey... I guess maybe because they have the same big ears... hehehehe

He loves puzzles...

As a first child, Iman has lots of toys. Gifts from the parents (us..), from his uncles and not forgetting, his grandparents.. My mun said that all his toys can open up a nursery... heheh

But lately, he showed interest in puzzles... I gave him puzzles when he 22 months old, and it started with Anmum Essentials' Thomas Learning Puzzle...

The first set

The milk formula comes with free puzzle, and it was Thomas and Friends set. He loves Thomas, so it really get him excited.

The second set

The first two sets were quite easy for him. He managed to do the puzzle all by himself in two weeks..

The final set

The third set was a bit tricky... so his progress was a bit slow compared to the first two.

Then we manage to find one giant floor puzzle at MPH, so Ayah bought him this one:

We bought that in JB, and I left it there... He understands the concept of puzzle (putting the piece together), but he still need help to finish it.

The his uncle gave him this puzzle set (also from MPH) for his birthday...

And surprisingly, he managed to finish the puzzle all by himself within one week!! One day after work, I was surprised to see him do it without asking for my help.. And the giant puzzle that we gave him earlier in JB, was very easy for him to solve himself!!

Then for his birthday, us (the parents) gave him this puzzle set from Toys R Us. It is a giant ABC and 123 trains puzzle set..

The 'ABC' was easy for him to solve, manage to do it in just 3-4 days..

But the '123' was a bit tricky.. It took him few weeks to finish it all by himself..

He's able to do all his puzzles within minutes, so I bought him another set from MPH after raya...

We were hoping the new puzzle will get him busy for a week or so. But... it only took him few minutes to do it by himself... As soon as we reached home, he just can't wait to open it, then finish it up himself on the first attempt. He did not want us to bother or help him in any way....

And the puzzles was for the age of 3-5 years old...

Iman is only two...

Si anak beruam...

When you were a kid, did you know the "Anak Beruang" song?

It goes like this:

Bulat kecil, Bulat kecil

Bulat la besar

Sayang mama, sayang papa

Hingga dewasa (but some sing it as "Sayang semua")

Enam kali enam

Jadi tiga puluh enam

Lorek lagi, lorek lagi

Anak beruang....

It comes with a drawing.. so at the end of the song, you should have this cute (???) little bear:

Few weeks ago, I taught Iman to sing and draw this little bear...

After few days of me singing and drawing this non-stop (at his request, of course...), he finally got it:

His version of it:

Ulat kecil, ulat kecil
Ulat a besa
Sayang mama (papa), sayang papa (mama - depends to him..)
Sa...
Enam kayi nam, adi tiga nam...
loyek agi, oyek agi
anak eek uam...

heheheh.... more traditional song to come from little Iman...

"Ibu salah....."

It has been so long since I updated about Iman's progress...

He is a two-year old kid now... His brain is "growing" (my theory >> otak tengah berkembang sebab tu kepala sentiasa panas je.... heheeh)...

He's able to talk now, can made up few simple sentences... but if he talked too fast, then you do not really understand what he said...

We always buy him books and toys that can help him to add more vocabulary to his sentences. And he loves to correct you and said that you are wrong... He loves to ask, and he has a mind of his own.. When he asked you, he has the answer in his head and will not stop asking until you get the 'right' answer based on his understanding... The cutest part is, when he said you are wrong, it will always have "laaaa..." at the end of the sentence (e.g: "Bird laaa...", "Miam la...", Salah la....")....

And when we meet friends, they always ask, "Iman cakap Sarawak ke Johor?"...

My family speak Sarawak language, and his Ayah speaks Semenanjung Malay language to him...

So he speaks both, it can be "sik mok" or "tak nak"...

"Tok tok?" (translated = apa tok?) or "Ape ni??" or "Ni???"...

"Sitok la" or "Sini la"...

(owh.. and all malay word that ends with "...ng" is replace with "...m" (e.g: Hilang = Iyam, Pulang = Pulam, Abang = Abam")..)

as for me?? I speak both to him.. but for numbers and things, I choose to teach him English..

Why?

I read somewhere that, English (or Chinese language) is easier for kids to learn and remember. Because most English words have single syllables, so easier for them to pronounce... and also I want to introduce to him as many language as I can...

So before he was two, he's already memorize One to Ten.. (and now until Fifteen - which he pronounce as Five-teen).. And he also can remember few things, especially animals, for the alphabet, example:

A is for Cocodile (it's actually Alligator, not a crocodile... but never mind la..)

B is for Bird

C is for Miam (a.k.a. Cat)

D is for Dog or Donald Duck (all ducks, no matter big or small.. is Donald Duck!)

E is for Efant (a.k.a Elephant)

F is for Fog (a.k.a Frog) or Fish

G is for Giraffe (sometimes he's confuse with Zebra) or Gorilla

H is for Hippo

I is for Giguana (a.k.a. Iguana)

J is for Jellyfish

K is for Koala

L is for Lion

M is for Mouf (a.k.a. Mouse) or Ackey (a.k.a. Monkey)

N is for Baca (a.k.a. Newspaper)

O is for Bird (a.k.a. Owl) or Octopus

P is for Donald Duck (a.k.a. Penguin, he confuse again because the Penguin is wearing a bow tie like Donald Duck)

Q is for Arissa (a.k.a. Queen... confuse agin, there's a lady wearing crown in the picture.. and yes, all little girl is his cousin, Arissa)

R is for Rhino or Rocket

S is for See-nake (a.k.a. Snake)

T is for Tiger

U is for A'ella (a.k.a. Umbrella)

V is for Vylin (a.k.a. Violin)

W is for Fish (a.k.a. Whale)

X is for Zaiphon (a.k.a. Xylophone)

Y is for Yoyo

and Z is for Zebra (or sometimes confuse with Giraffe)

So no matter where he saw ABC... that is what he remembers...

Last night, I was teaching him ABC using Malay words... So randomly I selected few letters and say the Malay word... Then I point to this:

and said... "S = Singa"...

Guess what he said:

"S... See-nake laaaa.... ni Lion...", he smiled and then said, "Ibu salah..."

:D

H1N1 scare...

It has been few months now since the outbreak of Influenza A H1N1..

We had a scary experience on this too..

3 days before Ramadan, Iman was admitted to the hospital due to high fever.

I can still remember clearly what happen each day during the incident...

On Tuesday (18/08/09), Iman had fever... His temperature keep increasing since morning and when we took him to the clinic, his temperature was 38.8^oC. We were in JB during the time, so we brought him to a normal clinic ( I always bring Iman to a child specialist if we are in Kuching). The doctor said he was fine & gave him all the "usual" medicine.

At home, I became so obsessed to check his temperature, like every 30 min... and he also began to cough.

Then in midnite, his temperature was increased to 40^oC... We were so worried that we decide to bring him to another clinic. The doctor said he's fine, and his lung was OK (we were extra worried of this because Iman has a long history of asthma...), then he was given a stronger fever medicine..

We went home, but no improvement. His temperature was 40^oC until morning. Both of us did not sleep because we were monitoring the temperature and tried methods to cool him down. Then we decided to go to the clinic again and ask for letter to refer him to the hospital.

We arrived at Puteri Specialist Hospital, JB at about 10am. After consulting the paediatrician, he informed us that Iman had to be admitted, due to the fever, and also need to x-rayed his chest. He has already developed asthma symptom and also need to be tested for Influenza A.

So we were asked to go to the x-ray department, then to the emergency department and lastly to register for ward admission. Since I am not allowed in the x-ray department, Ayah went with Iman... Then in the emergency department, we were asked to wait outside because they need to take some blood sample.. We can hear his scream, crying for us and the moment was so sad... Both of us almost cried hearing his scream.

Then when he was ready, his hand looked like this:

It was prepared in case he need to be put on drip or medicine later. His eyes were red and he was clinging to my hubby all the way to the ward.

At the ward, he was tested for Influenza A... They had to take mucus sample from deep inside his nose, and again he was screaming because of the pain... They informed us the result few hours later, he was tested positive for Influenza A, so they will start him on treatment (he was given the antiviral for H1N1).

At that time we were so worried because we thought it was H1N1. But actually if you are infected with Influenza A, it does not mean that you have H1N1... There are a lot of categories for Influenza A, and H1N1 was one of it. You will only be tested for H1N1, if your condition becoming worse and the sample is send to KL for H1N1 testing. His doctor said, there's no need for the test, because they must cure him for the influenza first.

However, the bad news was, his lungs was infected with virus and they also must start treatment for pneumonia.

Iman... all of us were tired...

They also started him on drip because he was weak and drink less milk. And also he has to be nebulized for every 4 hours, given medicine for every 8 and 12 hours, and temperature check every 2 hours!!

On 2nd day, he was getting better... But, in the evening, his temperature suddenly increased and he started to refuse to take his milk, food or drink!! And because of that, he began to be weaker and weaker...

3rd day, no progress... he still refuse to take any food, and his temperature was unstable. The doctor decided to take another sample from his nose, to be send to KL for H1N1 testing. But he said the result may take few days to 1 week. That night, when my hubby went home to take few things, the nurse noticed that his arm (the one with the drip) was swollen. So they had to stop the drip and changed arm. It was difficult because he was still little, 5 attempts by the nurse failed, so they had to get one of the doctor from the emergency department to start new drip. It was so sad, because he was calm, but crying and keep telling me it was painful.

4th day... it was first day of Ramadan, me & hubby had to take our sahur at the hospital... We hoped we can be discharge that day.. We knew Iman refuse to take anything because he was traumatized by all the things happened to him within the 3 days. I had to forced him to take his milk and tried to make him looked active... In the afternoon, the doctor came and thankfully he looked better.. His temperature was stable (below 37^oC) for 12 hours straight, so thats mean he's recovering. So we were allowed to go home that afternoon.

The funny thing was, when the doctor said he can go home, he was suddenly active and busy walking here & there.

walking & playing in his ward....

It was funny also when he first started to stand and walk... he has been on his bed for 4 days straight, so he actually fell few times because his legs was a bit weak. He had to be hold before he was able to walk on his own...

Finally we went home at 2pm.. But were advised not to go out so much.

Then on 28/08/09, we had our follow-up appointment.

Waiting for his follow-up check-up

I had to extend my leave for another week, had to stay in JB and wait for the follow-up check-up.

The doctor said, he was getting better, but asked us to be careful with his environment. Had to make sure his environment is clean.. no dust, no smoke or anything that can make him get asthma attack. Because all those thing can harm his lungs.

Alhamdullillah.. everything was fine...

Trust me, you wouldn't want to be in my position at that time....

Hopefully that will be the last for us!

One night stop-over in Dubai... and home!

This is will the last entry of the trip...

The first thing we did when we arrived was to find food!!!

After 4 days in Athens just eating maggi mee, bread and fruits, it's time to find some meat!! and of course, KEBAB was on the list... so yummy.... (We were really hungry & craving for halal food, that we forgot to took photo of the mix kebeb that we ordered!)

I just let the photos tell the story...

Streets of Dubai..

At the back entry of Gold Souk.... lots of gold there!!

It was hot there... Iman didn't let go of the water!

At night, we went round Dubai in a cab... The cab driver was very friendly & we talked a lot about Dubai.. He was actually from Pakistan, so we talked a lot about his life working there...

First he bring us to the famous Burj Al-Arb..

Just before we came, from far, the lights of the building was yellow... and as we reached the hotel, it changed to purplish-blue... nice huh...

Then he brought us the the famous man-made island, The Palm al-Jumeira..

Not much photo because it was dark, but I can say, the place was magnificient!! I wish I can have one house there!!

Here's the photo of The Atlantis, one of the hotel on the island. It was situated at the end of the island, right in the middle of it!

eerrmm.... wonder if I got the chance to sleep in either one of the hotel!!

Sorry, not much photo to share...

We're still very tired after the Athens trip, so we didn't go out much.. I was also a bit moody (wonder why... ;) ) at that time, so a bit lazy to go out.

The next morning, we on our way home...

Iman waving good bye to Dubai... he's still in his pyjamas!

Dubai was OK, but very very hot! and also expensive... :(

Sayang we didn't really do our homework of places of interest in Dubai... We missed to chance to go to the biggest shopping mall in the world! Hopefully, one day, we can go there again...

and after 7 hours flight, we finally reached Singapore... another hour to arrived home!!

Iman at Changi Airport..

Over all, the trip was OK... but I enjoyed the trip to Brisbane more than this one.. ;)

THE END.

Tour of Athens part 3: Last day...

On our 3rd day in Athens, we didn't really go anywhere. Just few places near the hotel. I had my meeting on the 3rd day at 2.00pm, and the place of meeting was not in Athens city itself but in Marousi, which is quite far from the city. Had to took the metro train and the journey took me about 45 minutes. From the metro map, you can see I had to pass 13 stops, from Monastiraki station to Marousi station.

Athens Metro map (from http://www.mlahanas.de/Greece/Cities/Maroussi.html)

My hubby was worried when he knew I had to travel that far all by myself. So on the first day of the meeting, he (plus Iman of course..) accompanied me for the trip.

And again I saw a scary fight... and again this time the fight was between an old man and a woman. I cannot really recall what initiated the fight, but I think it was because, the woman accidentally stepped on the old man's foot while entering the train. There were lots of people in the train and this type of accident is normal right???

The man was screaming and throwing money to the woman (again I do not understand, as they were arguing in Greek). Luckily there were policemen in the train with us (oohh.... I forgot to mention that, we were there during the EU election, so there were lots of police in the city... and also lots of campaigning and public gathering...).

So the policemen took both of them out from the train on the next stop. Seriously, it was scary.. and I was worried because Iman was also there... AND I still think both men (the one at the Acropolis ticket booth) were really really really rude!!

The first day of the meeting started in the afternoon.. and lasted until late night. My hubby & Iman went back to the city after making sure I arrived safely at the meeting place.

The hosts took us out for dinner, so I stayed in Marousi until 10pm. The dinner was great, I orderd grilled fish (not sure the name of the fish). And all group members really impressed me.. They knew I was a Muslim, so all of them avoided to ordered pork or alcohol.. and they make sure all dish were vegetarian (no meat etc) and all was cooked using olive oil (of course la, Greek people only cook with olive oil!!).

I tasted some of the Greek food, there were vegetable salad with cheese.. and I liked it a lot (was surprised that I liked the salad, since I am not a vege lover... hehheh). The bread and butter, and Greek dipping (I have really bad memory on this..) was also pleasant. The dessert was the best... but I was really full at that time, so I just took a little! But I forgot what it was, but I know it has cheese with it.. hehehe

It was really late, luckily one of the project member was taking the same route with me, so we left Marousi together. I arrived at the hotel at almost 11pm... I bet you can imagine how fast I walked from the station to the hotel!! And of course, my hubby was worried and Iman was already sleeping... and I was tired!

The 2nd day of the meeting, I went to Marousi on my own. The meeting started at 9.00am and finished at 3pm. I had to rush back to the hotel because we had our flight back to Dubai that night... and not to mention that we have not bought any souvenirs to bring home!!

So Ayah & Iman waited for me at the metro station...

The happy Iman, playing on his own...

(My hubby said, he attracted lots of attention while there...)

The boring face waiting for Ibu... :(

Finally, Ibu arrived... it was cute, he missed me!!

We noticed that the Acropolis was just round the corner...

The first stop was Plaka... that's where you can/should shop for souvenirs. Ironically, we only found this place on the last day of the trip, and it was just less than 3 minutes walk from our hotel!!

Plaka.. lots of souvenir shops

But Athens does not have much variety of souvenir (unlike Brisbane).. and it was expensive too (after you convert la...). We bought fridge magnets, keychains and the tradisional olive oil soap for our family and friends... and of course, Athens' t-shirt for the three of us. What I like about the t-shirt shop was... we can choose any design there, then choose the size & colour, then they'll print it out for you. You can just wait for 5 minutes for each t-shirt to dry.

After went souvenir shopping, we took a walk one last time in the Athens city. We went to the Syntagma Square, lots of people there because there will be a gathering for the EU election that evening.

At Syntagma Square

Then across the road of the square, there was the Greek Parliament. We were lucky because when we reached there, the ceremony of changing-guard was just started.

look at the shoes.. so funny!

After the ceremony ended, we took photos with the guard... Iman was scared, heheheh...

But he loved the birds there...

After that, we went sight seeing (by walking)...

Here's so photos to share.... I called it "The Streets of Athens"...

Not forgetting, lots of statues on the streets...

The Hop On- Hop Off bus we took on the 2nd day..

eerrr... I am not sure why my hubby took this photo...

to show pretty Greek ladies maybe..?

One thing about Athens that I was surprised of... there were lots of vandalism in the city... just look!

There were lots of "wall-drawing" in the city... and I really mean a lot... Sayang tau, because there were lots of history in the city... I think the government should do something on this, or at least also do preservation on some old buildings there..

Then it was time to go... we waited for the taxi at the hotel.

Iman playing at the hotel door...

Oohh.. I forgot to mention the place where we stayed. We stayed at the Amazon Hotel.

The hotel was nice and the people was friendly too. The room was small and you should see the elevator!

It was very unique... I forgot to took photo of it!!

We had a nice ride to the airport.

The taxi driver was very friendly and informative. He tried his best to explain and entertain us during the ride. We actually wished that we met him earlier!

The very nice taxi driver..

At the airport..

We arrived at the airport very early... The flight was at 11pm, we arrived at about 6pm.

We changed clothes, Iman get to take a simple bath.. we wanted to shower too, but there were no shower room there!

me & Iman tried to figure out where to get some food!!

That's all on the Athens trip. It was a nice trip, but not sure if I want to go there again... maybe when the kids have grown up, and left with me & hubby only... then spending time on one of the island (not the city!!)...

I can say, Athens is not a place of holiday for family with little kids... but will be great for honeymooners and party people... and owhhh, not forgetting, for historian and archeologists... :)

Next entry will be on our Dubai adventure!

Tour of Athens part 2: The National Archaelogical Museum

After the tour to the Acropolis, we went to the National Archaelogical Museum. There were actually few other sites to choose from (Benaki Museum, Panathanaic Stadium etc), but we choose to go there because the tour guide in the bus said that it was one of the best museum in the world.

In the bus, Iman imitated his Ayah taking photo skill..

"Awah, Aga... cik"

After a 15 minutes ride, we reached there..

The National Archeological Museum

I forgot the ticket price to go in... I think it was €7 per person.

But we were amazed with what they have inside. And something new for us was, we were allowed to take photo or video of the exhibits, except in two rooms (I cannot remember the rooms' name...).

There were few sections in the museum, and the have lots of collections, namely Prehistoric collection (Neolithic, Cycladic, Mycenaean), Sculptures collection, Vase and Minor Objects Collection, Santorini findings, Metallurgy Collection, Stathatos Collection, Vlastos Collection, Egyptian Art collection and Near Eastern Antiquities Collection.

Going thru history

There were lots of scupture there...

Then Iman wanted to walk on his own, so we let him. There were few exhibits that interest him..

With the wall paintings

Wanted to imitate the statue, but can only stand still for less than 1 minute!!

He was amazed with the mummy...

and the baby statue... (he waved bye bye to the statue when we left...)

but he liked this horse very much!

You may think that he was behaving nicely when we were in the museum, but.... no!!!

He was running here & there... and tried to touch everything.... At last I gave him a little warning...

"Iman... DO NOT touch anything!!"...

(was surprise when I saw this photo, didn't notice my hubby took it...)

After that, he behaved (a bit)...

My hubby actually really enjoyed the visit.. He get to practised his photo-taking skill, and he was amazed with the ancient work... Look at the scupture, figurine... a very detailed work!!

The small figurine..

The famous helmet

Some of the bronze crafts

I think you get what I mean by looking at the photos... Sorry, no descriptions. I was unable to enjoy the history because have to make sure that Iman was not touching anything (since Ayah was busy taking photos....)

Iman was already tired and bored after one hour there... so time to go!!

One last photo at the front gate...

That was our last tour for the day. All three of us was tired and hungry... We did not have any lunch, just light snack & crackers... It was so hard to find a halal restaurant in Athens. We googled map to find a restaurant, but didn't get to any of it... :(

So back to the hotel and ate Maggi-in-my-mug, fruits and fresh milk...

and of part 2..

to be continued..

Tour of Athens part 1: The Acropolis

Eerrmmm....

First of all, sorry for delaying the story of our trip...

I am not giving any reason for the delay, just plain LAZY....

But I have few other stories to tell, so I am forcing myself to write about the trip...

Let see what I can remember of the trip..

Here goes....

On the 2nd day, we took the City Sightseeing Tour, a.k.a. the Hop On - Hop Off bus tour. It costs us €18 per person & the ticket valid for 24 hours.

The bus

I insisted to go up... even it's hot!!

Few views of the route the bus took us.. I can say, Athens road is very complicated...

Our first stop, the historical Acropolis...

The sign to go up....

We debated for a while whether to go up and see the Acropolis. At the end, my hubby decided to go... "Once in a lifetime chance" he said...

On the way up with sleepy Iman...

Half way to the hill, we can already see the building (???)

When we reached up, there were lots of tourists. Most of them were old people coming in groups, seems like we were the only one without any tour guide.. It was hard, all signs were in Greek (see sign below), it took us almost half an hour to figure out the ticket booth... All the people we asked were tourists, so they didn't know where to buy tickets because theirs were paid together with the tour.

The signage and the declaration of Acropolis as UNESCO world heritage ( I think..)

The ticket (€12)

Oohh.. I had a scary experience while queuing for the ticket.. There was a little fight between an old man and a woman... and the reason was only because she stepped accidentally on the man's hat.. I mean, it was clearly an accident, people was pushing to get to the counter and he was moving away from the counter, accidentally pushed the woman and his hat fell (that's when she stepped on his hat)... He actually slapped the woman on the face!!! For me, the man was very rude.. because she apologised and he did not accept it, kept mumbling and screaming and even throwing money to her (but his wife quickly took the money back & get him away from the woman..)... I do not understand what he was saying so I did not know what the money is for...

But we didn't regret paying the tickets and went up!!

The view was magnificient... and it was an honour to be able to stand and witness one of the most historical places on earth... My hubby kept saying " Mesti Socrates penah lalu sini..." hehehehe..

All the way up and around, i wonder how did the ancient people build this with what they have during the ancient time... tapi sayang because Iman was only 18 months old at that time, I hope he can learned and cherish the history when he grows up..

Almost there....

From the top, you can see the city of Athens...

My two heroes.. (Athens as background)

At last, the Parthenon, stand at top of the hill.

Acropolis is actually a city itself, with few sites... (Parthenon, Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Erechtheum etc..)

The one and only picture we had as three at the Parthenon..

As you can see, Parthenon (actually the whole city) was under preservation. The work actually start in the 80's!! It is hard work, because they had to put together the pieces just like puzzles...

The back view of the Parthenon

When we went around the Parthenon, I was surprised to see that the city of Athens actually situated around the Acropolis hill..

Here's some view of the city when we around the hill..

Few photos of the other sites in Acropolis..

Odeon of Herodes Atticus

Erechtheum

We spent almost an hour there... Then it was time to go...

While waiting for our bus, we has a little snack...

End of part 1..

Next: The tour to the National Archaeological Museum