Also olive trees and straight black pines and the Acropolis.

There is not much of it left as far as I can see from the city, but what there is is enough to make you wish you had brushed up your Greek history.

I have now reached the place where Pan has a cave, where the man voted against Aristides because he was humanly tired of hearing him called the Just and where the Minotaur ate young women.
What was in the Isle of Crete but the rock from which the father of Theseus threw himself--is still here! Also the hill upon which Paul stood and told the Athenians they were too superstitious.

You can imagine my feelings at finding all of these things are true.

After this I am going to the North Pole to find Santa Claus and so renew my youth.
I regret to say that it is raining very hard and Athens is not set for a rainstorm.