Its about 3:30 pm on June 6th, and KJ, Megs and Als are off to start their Acropolis walking tour (Yes, they arrived safely and are so far enjoying their adventure!). Jeanna, Aisha, Aditi, Jessica, and I (Melissa) started off around 9 am with coffee/coke to start our 20 min walk up the hill to the Acropolis. The Acropolis is currently under restoration but there was still plenty to see. Luckily, we went at a time before the droves of tourists came in so we could really take our time to view in awe of buildings that have been around since B.C. We met two groups of Minnesotans while walking around and tried to pick out our hotel from the spectacular view of the mountains, sea, and Greek architecture both new and old. The Parthonan still
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