Whatcha doin, April? I'm waitin' to share this with you
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Hey you guys! Thanks for joining us on another journey. Guess where we're at?
We're at... the Acropolis in Greece and it is so amazing--absolutely amazing--In
this episode we're going to show you the things that you need to do when you're
in Athens. I'm Wayne, this is April-- hey--so sit back, relax and enjoy the
journey! ...... yeah,they took my microphone oh, is that what they did?
yeah, they said can't can't record but I'm like my camera has her microphone,
it just doesn't sounds good, yeah. So April. April, Wayne, Wayne
April, Wayne, April, Wayne, April Wayne, Wayne!
Alright, tell us what happened at the gate today, Greece doesn't like us
watch out behind you...it's always an adventure when you travel with a
youtuber! mm-hmm it is. this time no microphone was allowed in we could at
least get the gimbal, no microphone. yeah. so all of these steps are definitely newer
at least some of them are. you can see that, right? they appear to be, yeah. you can see they do performances
here, but I wonder if some of those lower down are more original or if any of that is original?
any of this marble
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oh, I know it's silly but I think just from History and English classes I've
always wanted to see the Theatre of Dionysus so... I'm more excited about that
then what's upstairs school plays such a
role in our lives. well it's not just that, I well it is
that, I guess. it's just my--I like to say Dionysus, that's part of it. I just wanna go
because I can say it? no, I'm a big word--can't say anything else in Greek--I'm a big word person and
so, you know if a word sounds cool to me that's like, that's a big deal in my life
you know that. oh yeah. like I have favorite words and I like to say things, but
it's not just that, it's also from, you know, what I've learned and stories and...
oh wow, I'm enjoying this--I didn't see that--that's what I'm saying, come look. I'm gonna need you to take my picture here, so whenever you--right
I wanted to get these first class chairs but the shadow's terrible
Bronze Foundry
what's that mean? what is a bronze foundry? I don't know that's why I asked what it means. A site of manufacture
in antiquity--so this is where they actually melted or smelted the bronze? that are
connected with the process of casting bronze statues. the two largest pits are
accessed by stairways and have facilities in their interior. but it's locked! oh wow
Can you see? Kind of. What's it look like? Something old. something old?
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Whatcha doin, April? I'm waitin to share this with you--can you believe this? yeah it's amazing, right? I wanna share the moment with you
This is so awesome! Are you freaking the freak out?
I honestly didn't think it was this cool. Right. It's a big deal because I paid more attention in school. Like all these names are coming to life! Right?
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It was 1687
that it crumbled? yes, Venetian cannonball made a direct hit in the interior of the temple which
the Turks used as a powder magazine. the terrible explosion blew up the roof
and destroyed the long sides of the temple as well as part of its sculptures
but the most severe damage was done in 1801 and 1802 when the Scotch ambassador
removed the greatest part of the sculptures that also comprised
structural members temple--of the Garrison--by bribing the Turkish, he removed and
transported to England 19 pedimental sculptures 15, or 56 sawn block frieze today exhibited at the British Museum. so are they trying to put it back
together? yeah, yep. like a giant jigsaw puzzle huh?
oh I'm sure it's very complicated. oh i'm sure it is. you can see where they've replaced the marble with new marble
I guess the crazy thing is this I didn't
realize that they were rebuilding this...
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Now that we got our microphone back from the Acropolis, what was your opinion
of what you saw here at the Acropolis? Very, very, very cool! yeah, I have to admit, I don't
know if I really wanted to see it--that much--you did more than me. what'd you like
best? you already know the answer there. was it--is it still the theater? yeah? Dionysus, yeah
I mean the other parts are cool too. I loved it. the statues of the you know women yeah
those are cool. I like the front entrance when you walk in. yeah that is pretty
impressive. but it's it's well worth coming to. no, thank you
oh, it's beautiful but we're travelers, we don't have stuff. No, thank you
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This is our Airbnb host. hey guys, how are you?
and your name I'm Theo. Theo, yeah that is much easeier to say then what we thought it was your name was
What's your full name? My full name is... Ahh. it's super hard. We'll just stick with Theo. Yeah, we look at it on the phone. Even Greek guys they look at my name and say what? Just Theo, better. That's beautiful
okay let's show you the place and then talk about the area I can't do hey
look at the beautiful room. oh my goodness, this thing's huge. you get your own room, Wayne. oh, I get some privacy for once!
Wow. it is very safe no worries about the--
If you want to sleep here, just close the window blinds
sure like this. it'll reduce the noise from outside yeah looks nice I didn't realize
getting a mansion Oh, much prettier yeah
so if you want to make the video it'll be better
much better yeah we'll give it some action now
This is a big apartment, for Europe this is big. two beds yeah ...you're gonna enjoy your sleep. thank you
mattresses yeah... just come here for one day because they
come here go to the island or come back from the islands to come here... so good sleep
that's what we need
we were thinking about walking around downtown tonight?
well he was gonna tell us about that. ... right now we're over here North... okay
right across is the Temple of Zeus oh good. ...
Parthenon, gives you all the cash to buy your tickets to go to the archaeological
site so that's where we get the City Pass
so that's actually a travel tip for you, it's a much cheaper to buy the whole
pass and it is divided individually. exactly...
for five days. that's very nice, yeah
right you don't--the pass, you can go slowly everywhere. nice, where are we at again? we
are, now you're cleared off so we're like right next to everything. Sounds good, yeah thank you
thank you
when you're in Athens and you're staying the night just a
suggestion for you, we went to the rooftop bar 360 and you get to look over
the Acropolis at nighttime, an absolutely amazing experience. it is six euro beers
and what'd you pay for the wine, it was six euros as well, but beautiful experience and I highly suggest it. I'll put a link below
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