We spent all of Wednesday on ferries and trains and planes and got in late to Athens
On Thursday morning we began exploring!
We saw Socrates' prison cell!
And Mars Hill, where it is believed that Paul made a sermon that converted a bunch of people!
(notice the parthenon/acropolis in the background)
We also went to the first olympic stadium, and the only one made 100% out of marble!
This was a cool room with torches from almost all of the games!
These are the original ladies that were holding up the parthenon, but they took them away because they were getting super damaged!
The Acropolis Museum was kinda cool but this was my favorite part!
They made the acropolis out of legos!
They put all different characters in there, including Gandalf riding into the acropolis!
On Friday we headed to the Greek island, Poros!
It was such a cute little island filled with little chapels like this one!
My mom and I found these three kittens and we were smitten(s)
We headed back to Athens this morning where I received yet another fish pedicure.
It was so relaxing and much needed after giving the grand tour of Italy to my mom and grandma. I think they really appreciated the relaxation as well!
I also bought some sandals from the Poet Sandal Maker in Athens.
He has made sandals for everyone from Bob Saget to Jackie O.
This was a little bakery we tried.
I loved that we could see the bakers hard at work!
Greece was so good to me!
Free shots of ouzo made the trip even better.
Just kidding, we poured them in the fake plants when no one was looking.
I can't wait to explore the UK and Ireland these next couple weeks before heading back to the States for some Tex-Mex and margaritas!
Ciao!
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