Day 2/Day 3-Athens

Okay so we made it....and yes Cindy is still with me...dam...I'm sure she is thinking the same thing. So the flight was not restful at all however we did get a fun upgrade from O'hare to London. We were not in first class but we did get our own tv's and not only did our seats recline but we had footrests too. It was fun!! Once we landed in London we hopped the bus to the arrival area and proceeded to jog to our next gate. Unfortuanately we didn't have a next gate and had to go through security again and Cindy didn't drink her free wine from the previous flight and almost got us in trouble with her over 6oz of liquid in her bag. We made the next flight sat in the last seat, next to the bathroom and hardly slept a wink. Once we arrived in Athens we got our bags and found the rest of the group which is apparently made up of 49 kids ranging from 18-26yr. old plus our tour guide. We got on the bus and headed to our hotel.

Once we got to the hotel, climbed the stairs which I found to be quite easy (Cindy needed some assistance) we met our roommate who is oh just lovely. Cindy "loves her". She has two suitcases that each could accomodate Cindy, a snoring issue, and a love for the showers that last an hour. Cindy and I walked around town for a bit and then headed to dinner with her new beloved friend for gyros. We hung around the hotel for the rest of the night and went to bed early.

Today was quite busy for us. We were up early and out the door for a bus tour of Athens and then a walking tour including the Acropolis. We made friends with a lovely girl from Utah, April, and she hit the town with us after the walking tour. We went to the new museum of the Acropolis where they moved the actual artifacts from the Parthenon, Athena's temple and Erectheon. At the Parthenon we found out that Areosmith was there....however we did not see him other members of our group did.We also stopped by the Olympic field, Zeus' Temple, and the three most beautiful buildings in Athens which was a library, goverment building and the first University. We also stopped for the best gyros we have ever had in the "Old City" that were smothered in paprika, great decision. We mastered the metro system for these little adventures unfortunately we haven't mastered finding the metro stations. We meandered around the city in Plaka a bit before finding the tram outside the Parliment building and heading back to the hotel. Only to endure an hour long tram ride, standing, with no air conditioning. It was fun. We missed our tram stop though and found ourselves at a gelato shop excellent choice after a long hot day.

We came back for about an hour before meeting with some other people from the group and headed out to watch the Greece vs. Argentina soccer game. Greece lost and we enjoyed some wine and a greek salad with no lettuce ( Mom would be so proud). Other than that it is close to midnight and we are ready to hit the hay and head out to Delphi tomorrow.