Day: August 19, 2014

live at the apollo (part 1)

imagewe were on aegina island (which is itself a story for another time), and saw this pillar sticking up over the trees while we were at lunch. so, off to investigate.

the temple of apollo at aegina, with its sole remaining column pointing to the sky, was built in the 6th century b.c. it was excavated at the turn of the 20th century.

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i’m sure there will be many more temples of apollo to photograph in the next three years.

let’s go to the market with a 20mm lens

this is the public market in athens between monastiraki and omonoia square, for those of you who know the area.

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you can buy olives here … … or here. at the cheaper end of the spectrum.

not everyone sells olives, of course.

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at the meat market.

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some butchers are busy others, not so much. you can’t get as much of the goat as you could get in india, but some things are the same.