It was great seeing all the history of this, the theatres, the temples, the statues – everything. Again, unfortunately, I was extremely tired feeling the whole day. Blah. Still, I tried not to let that damper my day. Acropolis had a lot to offer, as I mentioned before, the old theatre was very interesting to see – the Parthenon and few temples were significant in stature as well. You could sense the history around you. After trekking around Acropolis, we got into a conversation with the last guy we asked to take a picture of us. He raved about the Acropolis museum, and a video that they played depicting the history and development of the Parthenon. We talked as we walked to the museum, he was very knowledgeable and showed us a different side to a lot of things; including the unique piping + water system of Athens. Once we got in the museum, we watched the video, which was actually good, it was a great history in a nutshell. Yet as it was almost 2pm now, this only left an hour to get into any of the other sites. Unfortunately, it was a one-entry ticket, meaning Brent stayed there and I left to go see the Temple of Zeus. There wasn’t much left standing of this either, but if your imagination worked with the 8/100 standing pillars – it was a huuuuge temple. Brent and I planned on meeting back up around 3:30pm in the museum, I had another hour until that, but I started feeling pretty bad and headed back to the museum early. I think the cold air of the museum helped me get out of the grasp of the hot Mediterranean sun. I checked out the first two floors of the museum, which were really interesting, I think it would have been better to go to the museum before Acropolis, so if anyone is planning a trip to Athens… do that. We met up and then finished up the museum, afterwards we figured we might as well go to everything and at least get as close as we could to it.
We walked by the Temple of Zeus on the way to the first modern day Olympic stadium. It was 1.50 Euro for students to go into the stadium, 3 for adults, I went in and Brent didn’t. The first thing I did was run a lap on the track! How many people can say they ran a lap on the first Olympic stadium’s track? The entrance came with an audioguide as well, good stuff! It took me back to 1896, the atmosphere and setting. I walked out of the tunnel the athletes did, with loud cheer of crowds playing in my ears. What a feeling that would be, to see thousands of temporarily-semi-crazed people screaming at the top of their lungs. I walked around the stadium a bit more, and then hiked up the endless stairs to the top row. Peering over the edges and getting a great panoramic shot of the stadium seating and track. Great experience.
From here we headed back into town. Relaxed on a bench for a bit determining our next move, Mexican food! We walked there and I ordered a burrito, Brent got some fajitas. There were four Mexican ladies there, all talking in Spanish. It amazed me to see how much Spanish I actually knew! I think I could fend for myself in a Spanish speaking country… now to do it. Eh, maybe later. Anyway, the food was good, the first tastes of Mexican food either of us have had since January (for me) and October (for Brent). This led to us heading back to the house. For some reason we both felt compelled to grab a last pita on the way home, we ate them sitting in a giant square, people watching. Very relaxing and fun. We stopped at a grocery store before we made it back and grabbed some breakfast foods for tomorrow, at least I did, Brent pretty much brought a grocery list and stocked up!
When we made it back, we talked to Chris for a bit. Gave him a gift of Turkish Delight, which he appreciated a lot. Brent talked to him for a while after that, and I headed to finish off these blog entries! You’re welcome!!! ;)
Rome tomorrow! But still no place to stay… ahhhhhh!
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