We're off to Athens, Greece. We decided only a few weeks prior to our flight "hey let's go somewhere." This trip is going to be fun mostly because after the first 4 days, we're "wingin" it. No hotel reservations, no plans, just a rental car. That's right, we'll be driving. To get onto Greek time, Aaron said it would be a good idea to sleep on our red eye. Did I listen?! Of course not. I had the BEST idea. Stay up and watch a movie! Oh and it was a gem; Tower Heist.
Just a couple hundred feet away was the Parthenon. HUGE columns! There used to be a roof. Yep, that's gone. The marble at all the sites we went to today was SO slippery.
I'd always wanted to see these ladies. I imagined them to be giant like the pillars at the Temple of Zeus or the Parthenon, but no, I think they're around 9 feet tall. They were really far away too. I couldn't get any closer. After all the ruins, we went to the Archaeological Museum and saw some pottery and sculptures.
After being here for a day, I can see why so many have said that Athens is an "interesting" city. It's not the most beautiful, though it's full of culture and history. I'm sure if pollution hadn't ruined some of the ruins, it'd be a lot prettier.
Dinner was pretty standard; eggplant and fish. For dessert, we had Greek frozen yogurt with nutella! Aaron also got some sour cherries. How very Greek of him!
Something funny: The way you saw Thank you in Greek sounds like you're saying eff Christ. Literally it's pronounced "Eff Kah ree stow!"
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