What better way to start and end the day than on a roof top terrace in the sunshine overlooking the Acropolis? Think that will be one of my special memories of Athens. However it had the cheek to rain at lunch time! Sandwiched in between relaxing on the roof we went to the Museum of Cycladic Art on the hillside in Kolonaki.
Over four thousand years old, the statues, all apart from a few, under 30cms tall, were beautiful. Simple and stylised shapes of the human form were created from a very pale marble and no-one really knows what they were for. Most are of the female form and show the body with the feet slightly pointed, the arms folded across the chest and the head slightly tilted,leading some to think they should be viewed laying down not suspended. Think Easter Island style faces, very plain but strangely haunting. Apparently Picasso was influenced by their style and they made me think of Henry Moore. Couldn't take photos so you'll have to look them up if you're interested.
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