Greece! Opa!

Greek GRADesses

That is what we renamed ourselves while at the Acropolis. It was HOT, HOT, HOT but amazing to see. I was in heaven surrounded by so many unique pillars and columns (Mom, Brian, Heidi, Care, and Royce will understand). 

Jenni, Me and Adrienne being pillars.

Adrienne, Me, and others who look tiny behind ;)

Ashley, Adrienne, Amy, Kristina, Me and Jenni at the Parthenon.

We also saw the changing of the guards at Parliament and Jenni decided to feed the birds…

Me and the Guard.

This makes me giggle. Jenni feeding the birds as they attack.

After building our appetites for a few hours we bought the most amazing gyros! Greek food is unbelievable! I did not expect to enjoy the food as much as I did but Greek food is definitely on the top of my list! Watch out Shish (St. Paul), here I come!

Amy feeding me dessert.

YUM!

Yum Yum!

Avada Kadavra! It All Ends Here. HP7P2-In 3D

You bet I saw HP while on SAS! Me, Jenni and Ashley were super excited to find a theatre that played it. It was very similar to the theatres in the U.S. We chatted with a few Greeks and enjoyed our own HP photo shoot. Take a look!

The Battle!

3D

Touching 3D objects.

Greek Island? Yes Please!

Aegina, a smaller island close to Athens was our island of choice. All we were looking for was a sandy beach with cheap hotels. We found it! We had a long day on the beach, eating scrumptious calamari, Greek salad and drinking wine. We met a guy from New Jersey and ended up going out with him that night. After finding a cheap hotel, we got ready and had a fabulous time at a local bar, dancing the night away. I think we were “those Americans” because everyone kept their distance, but we didn’t mind. We had a blast! We didn’t get home until 4 am, with the help of our friend, and were a bit too loud and got scolded by the owner. Opps. The next day we were so exhausted we took an early ferry home and slept on the ship all day. It was Fabulous!!!

On the ferry over to the island we saw two dolphins jumping and playing right next to our boat.

Beautiful sand and water!

Serving ice cream with no shirt...Health standards...? Opa!

Eating lunch at the waters edge. Unbelievable.

This was on our hotel room door. 1 Star. It will do.

Fight For Your Rights

AS many may know, Greece is goug through turmoil. We experienced it in small ways through transportation strikes. The first day we were unable  to use the metro and had to pay high prices for taxis. The second day the taxis were on strike and blocked all the streets so buses were unable to pass. Cab drivers were removing their license plates and congregating in the streets. They are upset because the government is taking over the industry and they all lose out on a lot of money. Greece is in going through a lot right now and we saw just a piece of it.

Removing his plate.

No one is moving in the streets with taxis parked everywhere.

Over and out!

-CC