the acropolis

so today i staggered out of bed around 10 and got my lazy ass ready. i'm unfortunately still a bit jetlagged. i wanted to go to the acropolis and the national archaeological museum but the front desk guy at my hotel said they were in two opposite directions and that i should just focus on the acropolis today since the weather was so nice.

it was a nasty walk up (i had to stop several times as did everyone else) but the views were spectacular. you have a 360 view of athens. check out some pics:










after the acropolis, i went wandering around the streets of athens. there are so many flea markets/junky stores that i kind of felt overwhelmed with the fact that i am such a tourist here. most places i travel to i have a tendency to feel at home fairly quickly but i haven't felt that so much here. i think it's been challenging in that i didn't really plan or think about learning at least a few words in greek. i now have a complete understanding of the saying "it's all greek to me". i'm also a little irritated that i didn't think to look in to traveling to the islands. this time of year the hydrofoils apparently don't run (or they are really expensive). i think my whole throwing organization/planning out the window may have backfired on me a bit for this trip. but it's all good and i'm learning things about myself so i do have an appreciation for it - even though it sounds like i'm just whining a lot ;)

tomorrow i'm off to the archaeology museum.

MWAH!

tiff