The vlog captures the visual grandeur of the Acropolis but fails to engage with its profound historical and political complexities. It reduces the cradle of Western civilization to a mere aesthetic backdrop for modern travel content.
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Exploring Acropolis 🇬🇷 | Vlog 22
Added:Should we find some Spartans?
No. Oh, wait. Aaron. Aaron. Let's do this. Is Sparta. No. No. No. No. Not here.
>> Not here. Why? This is pretty.
>> That seems lowkey offensive.
>> That's not This is literally This is This is Athens.
[music] >> Wait, just come here for a second. I'd rather just get a picture here. Hold on.
>> Oh [Â __Â ] >> Oh, wait. Oh, yeah.
>> That's a thing. That's a thing.
[laughter] That's stupid.
>> Did you get it?
>> Welcome to my crib. My name is Tim.
[music] There's Aaron.
>> And that's my column.
>> That's my column. I don't know whose column that is.
>> Who brought it here? We need to tell people to stop bringing columns for house parties. This is too many.
>> Wow.
>> Oh, is that that's the big thing that we saw. Yeah. All right, >> let's go.
[laughter] >> Wow. You'll get a pick a video in front of this really quick. Let's not make myself uncom unc uncomfortable.
[laughter] >> Well, now I want that stick. Oh [Â __Â ] He has a bigger stick than mine.
>> All right. I guess I want to pick here, too. Is it? Put it the camera. Put the camera down.
>> Is it good?
>> Mhm.
>> Wrong size.
>> He kicks it. [laughter] >> Can I sit on this, you think?
>> No. It's [laughter] >> Oh my god, that's beautiful. Holy [Â __Â ] glasses on.
>> My eyes.
[laughter] >> This is This is cool.
>> I really like Greek flag. It's great.
>> It's literally the opposite of yours.
[laughter] Actually, it's kind of a combo of yours and the US.
>> Yeah.
>> Oh, nice.
>> Oh, that's pretty.
>> [laughter] >> I can't see. I can't see.
>> I'm not afraid of heights. You are afraid of heights. Did we come from this side? Yeah.
>> Is my lip swollen? It feels swollen.
>> It looks like you rubbed it against something. Yes. That's I think I just did this.
>> That's crazy. I need to get some sleep, dude.
>> Need to get >> I didn't really get some sleep last night. Last night either. And I [Â __Â ] slept an hour the night before.
>> Can you start sleeping?
>> I know. I mean, I'd probably be a lot less [Â __Â ] too.
>> Jesus. Let's put you to bed.
>> Record the slippery thing.
>> Didn't see it.
>> Oh [Â __Â ] Should I wave? [laughter] >> I really want to >> [laughter] >> So many trees.
>> How's the hair?
>> It's good.
>> How do you tell him his hair is good?
He's been upset about all day.
>> I don't know what to do. The hair was just flowing all over.
>> I styled it. I did good.
>> Well, but I make a one step and then they all go for a part.
>> No, the wind blown hair is nice. That's the the great thing about that. You literally have my old haircut.
>> Well, why did you leave it? Cuz they told me to shave my head to look cool.
>> Did it work?
>> And see where it gets you. [laughter] See where it got you. Damn. And they want you to grow it back.
>> Like LA modeling says shave your head.
And Chicago modeling says, "No, grow it out."
>> I know.
>> New York is like New York is like, "We don't know you.
>> We don't know." No. [laughter] New York is like, "We'll tell you when we figure out." Yeah.
>> All right. Let's go to the bathroom again. You know, now that you say it, I kind of have to >> I knew it. You know, I actually didn't have to pee. I just knew that he's going to have to pee like literally five minutes after we get down the slope. So, >> I mean, if that was coming after me, I [laughter] I think I wouldn't I'd be all right.
>> I'm like, >> I could outrun it.
>> You don't even know the power of this little Fiat. [laughter] Okay, so coffee or no coffee?
>> Not here. Not here. I didn't really >> I absolutely love that coffee.
>> If I want a cold coffee, I want something to actually sip on, not just >> espresso >> with foam. Yeah, >> it's Rofredo. Should we find some Spartans? No. Oh, wait. Aaron. Aaron.
Let's do this. Is Sparta. No. No. No.
No. Not here. Not here. Funny. This is pretty.
>> That seems lowkey offensive.
>> That's not No. This is literally This is This is Athens.
>> I think I think that's the way we came up.
>> That's the way we came up is. So, this is this is the way to go down. Just This is going to be kind of like a more serpentiny way, not as steep. The other ones are just basically it's a shortcut cuz it cuts down. This one's just going to like do the little swiggy >> wiggy wiggy. Did you get it? Mhm.
>> Did you like it?
>> I was thinking about something else.
>> Ah, [laughter] >> I'm glad that I explained everything.
>> I could tell that was something I didn't need to know. [laughter] >> Respect.
[music] Alpha just like me. Do you want me to tell Do you want me to tell them the story? How are you upsold me? How you upsold me on my on our satchel sale?
We're buying those satchels.
>> They're the ones. Very cool. I'm huckling with like a person and Aaron's like, "No, give them the money they asked for. Give them money." I'm like, "Boy, the guy's like, "Um, where are you guys from?" I'm like, "Oh, US, do you have dollars?" I'm like, "Yeah, I have dollars." I'm like, "But I only have 100 if I give them cash." He said that he wouldn't give us a deal if we pay with card, but if we pay with cash, he's going to give us a deal. So, I'm like, "Okay, well, he said it's 150." So, I'm like, "Okay, I want to have $100 cash.
That's all I can give you." And then was like, "No, no, give them more. Give them what you're asking for."
>> I felt bad. They were so sweet.
>> That's okay. We got a very beautiful satchel sal.
>> Yeah, that salad is good.
>> Mhm.
>> Thank you.
>> That is a winner.
>> Mhm.
>> It's so good.
>> We're giving the pork a second shot.
This wins.
>> I like when it's shaped like this, you know?
>> Yeah.
>> Kind of want to see if they have like soups.
>> Is Greek soup a thing? Honestly, eat the pork with the salad. It's pretty good.
>> Yeah. All right. Well, what else we're gonna do?
>> I need to sit for a minute.
>> Yeah.
>> Let's find something to do where you can just chill. Maybe be worth it to try to take a nap.
>> Yeah.
>> Oh, after I drunk our steaks.
>> Yeah, you're right. We did a good bit today >> in terms of like walking around to be honest.
>> Taziki is good.
>> What's been your favorite thing to eat [music] so far? Like which which of the three? This. Yeah, >> this a shaved one, too.
>> Euro.
>> This tazini or whatever. Taziki, >> this is the best one in my opinion. So, why is there why are Euros popular in Poland then if they're also popular here? Is it just a European thing?
>> Um, Euro is very popular in Germany and in Poland becoming more and more. It's because a lot of Turk It's not necessarily I mean a lot of Turkish people move to Poland and Germany and they make kebabs.
>> Gotcha.
>> Very good kebabs.
>> We quit. Huh?
>> 7 minutes.
>> Man, I'm still hungry.
>> I like that pita bread version like in the wrap. So, I wouldn't hate to get another one of those slider. I say we chill, >> drink the beer a little slow, rest our feet for a second.
My son's boring. Let's go. Let's go.
>> Yeah.
>> What was your favorite thing today?
>> That was so pretty.
>> So pretty. Like the top top thing. Yeah.
>> Honestly, it's crazy that I remember exactly the place where my mom fell down cuz I remember was pretty traumatic.
>> They have it blocked off now. You can't even walk up there.
>> That's crazy. Literally, this just how I remember it. I remember being I was going first and she was going behind me and I remember like I turn around she's like you know like sliding down with her ankle like twisted. I'm like >> our jet super jet is tomorrow at 2:20.
>> That's the ferry.
>> That's the ferry.
>> So actually we don't that's perfect timing. Like we wake up >> we have to leave the we leave the um Airbnb at 11:00.
>> Wow. Perfect. Bring our luggage.
>> We have to come here eat lunch and then straight to the ferry.
>> Perfect.
>> Yeah. I think I could I could live here for for a little bit. Uh-uh.
>> I think so.
>> All right. Cheers.
>> Cheers.
>> Let's drink and figure out what we're doing.
>> Maybe we should eat like a dessert.
>> Let's go to that place and get that. So, dessert kind of turned into drinks and we just kind of hung out and then went to bed a little bit. Um, a little bit.
But I wanted to show you guys the view cuz we're officially leaving Athens. Um, so Greece day one.
>> Greece day one.
>> G day two. Yeah, today is grease day two. Yeah. Um >> well day three because we this is this is ending Greece day one.
>> Okay.
>> Yeah. Grease day one. Uh but we I wanted to show you the view. I want to show you the view. Look at that.
>> What is that? It's the tower of Athens or Athena.
>> Acropolis.
>> Acropolis.
>> Yeah.
>> Oh, [laughter] you >> Well, I'm like, well, we're in we're in Athens.
>> You just show up, don't you? We were up there [laughter] literally walking around.
>> But I want to show you guys the Airbnb, too, cuz Tim killed it.
>> That's a hot store sign, apparently.
>> Absolutely spectacular. Literally in the middle of everything.
Couldn't be better.
>> Very cute. Talking about me.
>> And bad light. And right now we're going to the [music] ferry. We're going to go get food actually, I think. Right.
>> Yeah. And then ferry. And then Miko's baby. So that's day two. That'll be in the next vlog. So thank you guys for watching. I hope Athens was fun for you guys. Uh [laughter] >> I hope it was fun for for you guys to watch us be here.
>> It was fun for me.
>> It was fun.
>> Next up, Moskos.
Excited. Excited to spend some time there. We have two hotels there. So we get to explore to different >> Yeah. We're going to be >> places. We're going to be good and wake up and go to the gym and attempt to go to the beach, but apparently everyone keeps saying the water's freezing.
>> Well, we will go. Yeah. I mean, for the beach for sure, but like I don't know about the water, but I am going in the water. I bought that camera cover for the water.
>> You did. You did. You got to get some great underwater shots.
>> So, I'm not That's literally what I came here for [laughter] to swim with my camera.
>> All right. Well, thank you guys for watching.
>> Thank you. Bye-bye.
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