old postcard: the Acropolis of Athens

I got my old postcards out, it is always nice to look at them and read the handwritten, friendly messages. And - talking about Greece - I found this old one sent to me by my American college friend Dave, who was biking around Athens in 1983. He was a world tourist and I have more than a couple of his postcards in my collection. But the one below had a preferential place on my pinboard, see the small hole?? lol! (click to enlarge)

One can tell is an old postcard because of the print quality, but the place remains the same... One can see the Parthenon from any place in Athens, almost. Just the way it was intended. And one can see here more of the Parthenon than what we actually saw, since they found out that prior restoration works were not properly done and had to tear a lot down... These temples date back to the Classical Period (450-330 B.C)... that alone always leaves me speechless!

You can reach the Acropolis taking a subway... that is the most striking thing when visiting an historical place, because you have both the ancient and the modern world together! The entrance to the Acropolis is free on sundays, we didn't know this and we thought they were not charging a fee because of the bad weather on that day ! (see prior post). We took the path behind the ruins of the theatre you see right above. This theatre wasn't open for visitors, unfortunately.

Back to Dave, who sent this postcard: I thought, what a pity I lost track of him! second thought was: there is google nowadays, just google him. So I did. And voila!!! He is now just a click away after more than 20 years! Have you found old lost friends through internet?? And another question: isn't this picture way too big?? I think I am out of proportion now that I have so much room!