Day 33 – Athens

After spending the morning online in a cafe near the hotel we explore the Acropolis. The ongoing restoration work detract somewhat from it as an archaeological site but the ascent is impressive and the views far and wide.

The ancient Greeks considerable contribution to water engineering included inventing the Archimedes screw to lift water and aqueducts to move it, later superseded by pipework following the terrain of the land and relying on the siphon principle, discovered by the world’s first hydraulic engineer, the aptly named Hero.