Greece

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Greece - The land of Mythology, Mythos Beer, and the best Gyro you will ever taste (and at 1.20 Euro a pop, you will want to eat one any chance you get)! Greece has also been a bit of errand time since we leave for Egypt tomorrow, but nonetheless, we have seen some amazing sites. The Acropolis is difficult to put into words. The entire area which includes The Parthenon is awe inspiring. I really wanted to experience Greece because I teach "The Odyssey" every year and it has been a great experience. Not that I'm ready to go back to teaching at the moment, but I am excited to share my memories and photos with the students.

Two days in Greece! Not enough, my friends, not enough. The time spent was wonderful but we need to get to the islands next time. One of our favorite discoveries was when KT and I were walking down from the Acropolis and we stumbled (not drunk, just tired) upon a traditional Greek eatery where they bring the entire menu out to you on a huge platter and we point to the items we want. Well, we just told that gentleman to put to entire tray down with a bottle of wine, thank you so much!!

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Photos

The Acropolis
KT and I heard that this view is amazing at night! The Acropolis is lit up, majestically, for all the visitors to admire and residents to appreciate with pride.

The Parthenon
These obnoxious hooligans took this photo. I starting "flexing" and they immediately showed respect. Humbly, they asked if we would like our photo taken in front of the Parthenon. Lucky for them!

Athens
The sprawl of the city is quite amazing! The Acropolis is certainly at the center of it all.

Who's walking who?
KT wrestles with large, mythical, Greek creature.

Parthenon
The ancient Greeks gift to Athena. Construction began circa 447 BC...

Dolmades! (aka stuffed grape leaves)
Coleen, KT told me these were nearly as good as the ones the two of you used to make. Nearly.

Erechtheon
This temple is on the opposite side of the Acropolis from the Parthenon. Many of the artifacts that were once inside these temples are now on display inside the British Museum.

Greek to me
We spent much of our time in Greece, looking up at the signs in the metro system. "Karl, are you SURE we get off here?" Uhhhh, no.

Euro-guy
For some reason, shorts in Europe must be worn below the knee. I miss my OPs that barely covered my hiney.

Theater of Herodes Atticus
Built into the south slope of the Acropolis nearly 2000 years ago. It seats about 5,000 spectators and is still used today.

Temple to Olympian Zeus
This was the largest temple in all of Greece when construction was complete in 2AD. 104 columns nearly 60 feet high!

Zeus Street level
Only 17 columns remain standing today. As recently as the mid 1800s, a column crashed to earth in a severe storm.

Zeus!!
A fairly impressive man, this Zeus. Months from now, Karl would fashion a beard in his honor.

National Archaeological Museum of Athens
Fantastic museum, with this frightening figure welcoming all who enter. KT and I took two hours in two rooms before we figured out there was three more entire wings to the museum!