Athens

We have been in Athens for 4 days and arrived here from Italy after 2 long days of travel. We took several trains and one 16 hour long ferry ride to get from Italy to Athens. We were quite exhausted the evening we arrived and were glad to be at a hotel versus a campsite. We have spent our time in Athens going around and looking at the ruins in the city. The most impressive being the Acropolis which we can view from the rooftop restaurant of our hotel. It is quite the view when it is all lit up in the evening with the sun setting! It has also been quite warm here which has brought us to the decision that we needed to buy hats...dorky tourists hats because that is the only type that is out here. We are not "hat people" therefore any smart remarks can be left to yourself (Lisa this means you). We've done less sight seeing per day than in other countries due to the heat. We go out in the morning when it is less hot and come back to our hotel to take a break in the air conditioning. We are leaving for the Greek Islands tomorrow morning, our first stop being Paros. For the next couple weeks we will be relaxing on the beaches so our blog posts may be less frequent. However, we will still try to post pictures of us in our bathing suits! Again no smart remarks (Lisa, this means you)!

Us on the ferry from Italy to Greece

Traci in front of Dionysus' Theatre

Herodes the Atticus' Odeum

The Parthenon

Athena's Temple

View of Athens from the Acropolis

Us in front of the Parthenon

Donovan in front of the Temple of Olympian Zeus

Panathenaic Stadium - An ancient stadium that was also the site of the Olympics in 1896