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November 12th 2008

Atenas is beautiful, but the twisty roads had us dropping like flies. Even Pietro succumbed to a bout of car sickness. Piper and I spent the day vaguely nauseated. We saw some beautiful land and homes, and a very nice internet cafe. We did have a great meal at an Italian Restaurant that was worth the drive to Atenas all by itself. Once out of the van, our appetites returned and we all enjoyed lunch.

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Pietro, Lou & Kenneth relaxing on the Square
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The central square
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Beautiful Church
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view down the street
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Pietro, Lou & Lorraine
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Piper was excited to see a candy store
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It looked like something out of Charlie & the Chocolate Factory
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Costa Rican Chocolate
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Grocery store
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open-air market
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my sweetie
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Thanks Lorraine
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Lunch
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mussels
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eggplant ravioli
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outside of restaurant






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