Alas, we did not make it to the pencil museum, but we have seen an absolute plethora of English history over the last week, enough to fill many many blogs. But first, I have not told you about Greece. We were in Greece for about a week, for a day before Turkey and then 6 days after Turkey. Katherine and I visited Athens in a whirlwind, one afternoon adventure which was magic. Athens is a truly truly amazing city, on the same level as Rome for history, but I found it much more pleasant, less people and much cleaner. We were staying increadibly close to the Acropolis, where the Parthenon is located. The 2004 Olympics obviously helped the city enormously, and the subway system is fantastic, a planners dream! We walked up to the Parthenon,
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