We finally made it to Athens afternoon around 12. After doing some quick math, I am currently writing this blog after 30 sleepless hours. That's right, 30. We are both so exhausted but nevertheless we had an incredible day.
The reason why we didn't make it to Athens so late is because we had some travel delays in Chicago on Saturday afternoon, (surprise, surprise!! :)) The delays actually worked in our favor in the end. We were forced to stay an extra night in the states on saturday night then catch a direct flight from Philadelphia to Athens yesterday afternoon. Since we had a morning and early afternoon in Philly, we decided to see the Liberty Bell, Independence hall and all that fun US history stuff--we also went to the Rocky Balboa steps at the art museum! After all that we went to the Reading market (a really cool indoor market) and I had an authentic Philly Cheesesteak. After the morning and early afternoon in Philly we finally took off for our 9:30 hour flight to athens. After the long and uncomfortable trip were finally made it to the hotel this morning around 11:45. Our first exploration of Athens began shortly after that. Today we got to see some truly amazing things. We hiked up to the top of the Acropolis, saw the parthenon (which was unfortunately under construction) had amazing views from the top of the parthenon of all of Athens. By the way, Athens in by far the largest city I have ever seen. For as far as you can see, in all directions there are while buildings! All of them seem to be so randomly placed with no organization whatsoever. It is a very unique and beautiful city from the top of the Acropolis. We then went into town to finish our walking city tour and found a really authentic Greek neighborhood to sit and have a drink and relax. These people are so friendly and laid back, everyone seems to be moving slowly and taking their time with everything, its a very refreshing feeling in a big, foreign city. Anyway, today was an amazing experience being able to see of the historical artifacts, I was and still am in awe of how amazing the Greeks were with their building skills!
Tomorrow we are taking a trip to Delphi to see the Oracle. I don't know much about it so I need to do some research before tomorrow morniing. After the day tour to Delphi, which takes about 12 hours, we are going to have dinner in the nice dining neighborhood of Athens and see the Olympic stadium before dark. (Btw, it gets dark at like 9:00 here, it's pretty strange but I love it.) and once it turns dark we are planning on watching the parthenon light up! Apparently its a beautiful scene.
The weather here is perfect. Its like a dry heat, like southern california, rather than the muggy heat of chicago. (when Chicago decide to have heat :)
Anyways, I need to get some rest, I am exhausted and we have another big day tomorrow! I will try and put a few pics up tomorrow! Love you all!
Casey
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