While people who live in northern countries are getting heartily sick of snowy conditions, in Athens deep snow is so rare and lasts so little that it’s a cause for celebration. Schools stay shut since anyway many of the roads are closed, and everyone just makes the most of it.
A friend who is fortunate enough to live downtown, close to the Acropolis and the ruins of the Parthenon sent me these wonderful photos.
The Parthenon
The entrance to the Odeon of Herodotus Atticus
Did the Ancient Greeks make snowmen? It’s very probable.
The Tower of the Winds was built around 100 – 50 BC by Andronicus of Cyrrhus for measuring time.
At the foot of the rock
Flying the flag on the walls
An overview
Lemon sorbet: this one was taken by my sister in her garden
All other photos by Eugenia Kokkala-Mela, owner of the wonderful HEROES shop at the foot of the Acropolis.
And the best of it? Tomorrow there will probably be brilliant sunshine, and all traces of slush will vanish.
Letters from Athens 
Absolutely beautiful 💜
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Thank you!
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😋💜💜💜
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I was supposed to be in Athens this week, but due to Covid I can’t travel for the moment. Glad to be away from there right now, I hate snow. We had snow in Paris last week, and temps “feels like” -14C. Not my cuppa!
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The difference being that in Athens, it’s going to be 14 to 18 degrees in the next few days, and bright sunshine.
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Beautiful
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Thank you!
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more than incredible and unique, snow makes Athens even more beautiful 🙂 thanks for sharing and cheers from thee other side of Europe, Portugal eheh PedroL
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Thank you, Pedro, I’m glad you enjoyed the photos
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You’re welcome 🙂 PedroL
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Fabulous, Marina, thanks so much for sharing these.
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Im glad you enjoyed them, Mary
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I have been to Athens twice, and both times it was unbearably hot. So it is lovely to see it in snow.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Greece should be visited in the spring or autumn. Mild without being hot.
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Lovely – and as far as the lemons are concerned, I am thinking of Lemon drizzle Cake (do tell her!)
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I will!
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Your sister’s picture is just great!
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Thanks, everyone seems to comment on it!
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You had more snow than we did, although I expect that ours hung around a bit longer. Love the photos, especially the snow-covered lemons.
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My sister love to photograph the lemons every time it snows. So cosy…
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Marina, the snow and cold must be so strange but wow an amazing backdrop to the ancient monuments and they become even more striking! I’m smiling at the idea of the ancient Greeks building snowmen … and no doubt having snowball games!😀
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Well, they must have done, mustn’t they? 😀
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What great photos. The lemons covered in snow look so bizarre. It’s the best sort of snow if, as you say, it’s there for a day and gone the next ⛄🌞
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Yes. Tomorrow bright sunshine and 13-14 degrees, going up to 18! by next Wednesday.
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Wow! This is definitely cause for celebration. Did you know there was a big snowfall in Florence when Michelangelo was a young man. He carved an ice sculpture outside the palace!
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