A walk about

Went on a walk about today with a few friends on the trip. We decided to try and find the smaller port that our teacher had told us about. He told us that it was a lot nicer than the one at Piraeus. He also mentioned that Faliro is where all the really nice skiffs and yachts dock up. The Faliro stop is also where the Peace and Friendship Stadium is that was used for the 2004 Olympics. I imagine during the Olympics these grounds and stadium were magnificent, filled with all sorts of spectators and tourists eagerly awaiting the days events. But not anymore... It was actually a very sad and lonely site to see. The Olympic village was run down and fenced off. Everything was covered in graffiti. The stadium was also fenced off, faded, and run down looking. Its hard to believe that after spending millions of dollars building the stadium and grounds and harboring one of the biggest events in the world, that here it sits rundown and alone.

After our walk through the grounds we headed towards the port. We walked along the sea side and again we were met by another sad site. All along the shore there were mounds and mounds of trash. Plastic bottles, tires, shoes, chairs, cans, it was a dump. I couldn't believe it. I took a picture of the mess and didn't realize the billion dollar yachts that were in the background. The picture itself is kind of an interesting social commentary.
As we walked past the port we came upon a ship graveyard. There was three rusted out old ships. Needless to say, we had to explore them.