Ancient Plataea

Monday, July 20, 2009

First here is the bridge we crossed to get to mainland Greece. I think it's the nicest bridge I've seen:
The Plataeans have got to be just about my favorite of ancient peoples, they were there in Marathon, Thermopylae, the Battle of Plataea (of course) and were a player in the Peloponnesian War.

Here's me on the ruins of Plataea, so glad we made it as its really out of the way and no tour group goes to it. There are no markers or anything, we just had google maps and ancient maps to go by,
Not much to see unless you're a history buff like myself...
We went to Thebes on the same day but it was a disappointment, the museum has been closed for renovations for 2 years and counting...