Yesterday we arrived in Athens, after an hour metro in from the airport, we settled in in our spacious apartment. Our favorite part was that the toilet wasn't in the shower (as it had been in every place so far). It's the little things in life you know?!
We are only about a 20 minute walking distance from the entrance to the acropolis. We are 5 minutes from an amazing view of it. So last night after making a game plan for the next few days and resting, we headed out at sunset (8:00ish) our new favorite time to eat dinner, to grab some food. We are staying in this great place that we found on air b n b. So nice, and it's airconditioned a HUGE plus when it's a blistering and humid 93 degrees outside. We ate dinner at a wonderful traditional Greek restaurant where I was quickly introduced to the amazingness of Greek food. Anthony and Amanda have been to Greece several times, so they knew what to order. We started with honey fried feta (yuuuuuummm) and tziki (sp) with bread, then we each ordered something differen.t I had lamb and potatoes, (Soo good), Amanda had chicken and Anthony had mousaka (sp). By the time dinner was over we were stuffed. We had a wonderful view of the sun setting over the acropolis.
Today we started early at the acropolis to beat the heat and the crowds. We got there when it opened. (good plan) This also meant we got to watch the military guard begin their ceremony for marching the very large Greek flag into the acropolis to hoist it for the day. It was very interesting to see. On our way up we passed Mars Hill. It was cool to imagine Paul speaking to the people from that spot so long ago. We grabbed tickets, and I grabbed my new favorite friend Rick Steves and his app on my ipod to walk me through the acropolis. Soo much good information, and at my own pace too. LOVE IT!! I took a TON of pictures (I went easy on fb) and then we headed down to the new acropolis museum. It was very well done! If you know me at all, you know I'm a big museum critic. LOVED it! I would've loved it more if I could've taken pictures all throughout, but I loved that they set the 3rd story with glass windows so you could see the acropolis and then the 3rd floor exhibit is a to scale model of the parthenon with places for the stones and recreations of them all with original pieces were. It gave you a real feel for what it originally should've looked like. We ventured to the Temple of the Olympian Zeus and Hadrian's arch. Gyros were on the menu for lunch. By the time we grabbed lunch it was HOT and it was 2:00, so we walked along the agora on our way back to the airconditioned apartment. We rested, cleaned up, and then did some tour planning before dinner. We made reservations at this restaurant that has a rooftop patio view of the acropolis. Not only was the view amazing, but so was the food! We ALL loved what we had.
Tomorrow we head out on a tour of Ancient Corinth and Mycenae. I'm really excited!
the flag ceremony beginning
the parthenon
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