{"id":700,"date":"2017-10-28T17:50:30","date_gmt":"2017-10-28T15:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skipvia.com\/greece17\/?p=700"},"modified":"2017-10-28T17:54:22","modified_gmt":"2017-10-28T15:54:22","slug":"closing-some-circles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skipvia.com\/greece17\/observations\/closing-some-circles\/","title":{"rendered":"Closing Some Circles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 1966, Scott and I visited the Acropolis. We had the place to ourselves and there were no restrictions on where you could or couldn\u2019t go.<\/p>\n<p>We posed then. Fifty-one years later, we posed again.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_704\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-704\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/skipvia.com\/greece17\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/FFF3C2C7-9645-42FD-8EC8-0C94199CA3EE.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-704 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/skipvia.com\/greece17\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/FFF3C2C7-9645-42FD-8EC8-0C94199CA3EE-1024x688.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"538\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/skipvia.com\/greece17\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/FFF3C2C7-9645-42FD-8EC8-0C94199CA3EE-1024x688.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/skipvia.com\/greece17\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/FFF3C2C7-9645-42FD-8EC8-0C94199CA3EE-300x202.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/skipvia.com\/greece17\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/FFF3C2C7-9645-42FD-8EC8-0C94199CA3EE-768x516.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/skipvia.com\/greece17\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/FFF3C2C7-9645-42FD-8EC8-0C94199CA3EE.jpeg 1523w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/538;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-704\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Skip as the discus thrower, 1966.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_702\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-702\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/skipvia.com\/greece17\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/497E2D0A-E1CF-4877-ACD3-912AB7669969-e1509205427473.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-702 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/skipvia.com\/greece17\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/497E2D0A-E1CF-4877-ACD3-912AB7669969-e1509205427473-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/skipvia.com\/greece17\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/497E2D0A-E1CF-4877-ACD3-912AB7669969-e1509205427473-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/skipvia.com\/greece17\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/497E2D0A-E1CF-4877-ACD3-912AB7669969-e1509205427473-225x300.jpeg 225w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 768px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 768\/1024;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-702\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Skip reprises his role, 2017.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_703\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-703\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/skipvia.com\/greece17\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CBF3489E-7967-4BE1-AE1C-C7357D1CC1E2.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-703 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/skipvia.com\/greece17\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CBF3489E-7967-4BE1-AE1C-C7357D1CC1E2-1024x691.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"540\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/skipvia.com\/greece17\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CBF3489E-7967-4BE1-AE1C-C7357D1CC1E2-1024x691.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/skipvia.com\/greece17\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CBF3489E-7967-4BE1-AE1C-C7357D1CC1E2-300x202.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/skipvia.com\/greece17\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CBF3489E-7967-4BE1-AE1C-C7357D1CC1E2-768x518.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/skipvia.com\/greece17\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CBF3489E-7967-4BE1-AE1C-C7357D1CC1E2.jpeg 1518w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/540;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-703\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scott as the athlete, 1966.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_701\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-701\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/skipvia.com\/greece17\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/F0E5A6DF-C9F2-4A83-8B5F-BDE75D4CF651-e1509205381354.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-701 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/skipvia.com\/greece17\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/F0E5A6DF-C9F2-4A83-8B5F-BDE75D4CF651-e1509205381354-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/skipvia.com\/greece17\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/F0E5A6DF-C9F2-4A83-8B5F-BDE75D4CF651-e1509205381354-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/skipvia.com\/greece17\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/F0E5A6DF-C9F2-4A83-8B5F-BDE75D4CF651-e1509205381354-225x300.jpeg 225w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 768px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 768\/1024;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-701\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">And once again, 2017. Some things get better with age.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_707\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-707\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/skipvia.com\/greece17\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2950FB59-C328-437E-B7BF-5AFBB077541A.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-707 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/skipvia.com\/greece17\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2950FB59-C328-437E-B7BF-5AFBB077541A-1024x691.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"540\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/skipvia.com\/greece17\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2950FB59-C328-437E-B7BF-5AFBB077541A-1024x691.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/skipvia.com\/greece17\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2950FB59-C328-437E-B7BF-5AFBB077541A-300x202.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/skipvia.com\/greece17\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2950FB59-C328-437E-B7BF-5AFBB077541A-768x518.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/skipvia.com\/greece17\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2950FB59-C328-437E-B7BF-5AFBB077541A.jpeg 1518w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/540;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-707\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">And the Parthenon, minus cranes, scaffolds, and tourists.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1966, Scott and I visited the Acropolis. We had the place to ourselves and there were no restrictions on where you could or couldn\u2019t go. We posed then. Fifty-one years later, we posed again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-athens","category-observations","content-layout-excerpt-thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skipvia.com\/greece17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skipvia.com\/greece17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skipvia.com\/greece17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skipvia.com\/greece17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skipvia.com\/greece17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=700"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/skipvia.com\/greece17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":708,"href":"https:\/\/skipvia.com\/greece17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700\/revisions\/708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skipvia.com\/greece17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skipvia.com\/greece17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skipvia.com\/greece17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}