Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Athens by Fire

Note to self! 1/2 day in Athens just does not cut it!! Spent most of our time at the Acropolis. Very, very impressive especially when you think about we are just seeing what is still standing after centuries. Makes you stop and think about what it was in its splendour and filled with ancient Grecian tourists! Had to walk 30 minutes (hoping we were going in the right direction) to the electric train into Athens. Up on the Acropolis you would think we were away from the cruise ship but all of sudden, "you are on the Splendour of the Seas? I will take your picture", the cruise photographers seem to be everywhere. So far I think they've gotten 3 pictures of us - we keep escaping them.

After the Acropolis and the first theater in the world, box seats and all, we walked through some shops in the Plaka. One shop had a glass floor where we walked over 300 BC excavations. Walking along another place it looked at first like just a vacant lot but with remains of ancient (3rd century BC?) temple.

Today is Wednesday so it must be Mykonos. We got off the boat by 'tender', small local boat that came out to our ship to bring us into shore. Local fisherman at the dock, small pickups lining the edge of the street by the bay with eggplant, peppers, eggs, flowers, onions. We are at a self-service internet. If you print anything you go to the bar next door to pick up!! Tried my card reader for pictures and can't get it to work. Really we are taking a few pix! So sorry, just a boring blog again.

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