How do you say thank you again??

Today was a long but really good day in Athens. We are still epic failing at learning greek and had to look up how to say thank you anytime we attempted to say it. We woke up early this morning and headed to the Acropolis. The Parthenon is incredible and we were glad we got there before the mass crowds.

Other side of the Parthenon

After the Acropolis we headed to the New Acropolis Museum and ate lunch there which was really cool to see all the old sculptures and remains from the Acroplis. It is also built over a lot of ruins so it has a lot of glass flooring so you can see the ruins under the museum. Athens is really neat in the fact that you will be walking somewhere and look over see some random ruins. Crazy!

Sorry I haven't figured out how to turn the pictures but Mom remember when I had one of these shirts??? I saw two of them today. The other was a sweet stretchy tank top.

After lunch we walked a lot and saw the Temple of Olympian Zeus, the Roman Stadium (which sadly we didn't get to go in because they were setting up for the Special Olympics), Syntagma Square where we all had frappes, and went to the Parliament building to see the changing of the guard.

Temple of Olympian Zeus

At the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier right after the changing of the guards. I didn't even attempt to try to blend in today. I look like a straight up tourist but my tennis shoes were amazing.

Lady about to be escorted out by the police. We think she was drunk. Then the police yelled at me because apparently you have to ask permission before you take a picture of the police. Oops my bad.

Getting shoes made by my new friend! Beth and I both got a pair. Melissinos Art is famous and lots of celebrities have shoes from this store. The shoes I got were also made for John Lennon.

Sardines...yum. I had the meatballs instead.

View from the hostel at night.

Athens Observations

1. They play American music everywhere. All in English. Nothing like hearing Justin Bieber as you eat your gelato in Greece.

2. There are stray dogs and cats everywhere.

3. All the men carry purses (murses you might say)

Too bad you aren't with us Dad. We could have bought you one to fit in.

4. Pay attention. Cars drive everywhere. You think you are on a sidewalk or a pedestrian walkway and then you see a car or scooter come flying by. Basically you just drive where ever and park where ever. Very unlike Auburn...bummer.

5.Things stay open really late. We got gelato tonight and saw people eating dinner at 11 o'clock at night. Also people stay at the bars until the morning.

Hope everyone is having a wonderful day! We have one more day in Athens before we head to Santorini tomorrow night!