buildings and cities. Athens of course is where many travelers head, but the countryside is equally worth visiting. I remember being amazed at the subway station in Syntagma Square in Athens, which looks like a small architectural museum.

It has always amazed me to see old European cities where buildings dating from several centuries ago are not only still standing but in use while we in the US build strip mall after strip mall, which become abandoned after a few years until they are either torn down or become pawn shops or stores for used books, clothing, and furniture.

I admit to preferring classical architecture, which has stood the test of time, rather than the modern boxes the US builds today. Frank Lloyd Wright built some beautiful dwellings, but the modernist movement for the most part is cold and uninspiring. To each of us, our own tastes!