Under those togas were buns of steel.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

**Sorry, but stıll havent found a place to upload pıctures... wıll do as soon as I can!**

Athens is HİLLY! Every ruin worth seeing is on some kind of incline. Marissa and İ DEFİNİTELY got a work out… which makes our long-waited indulgence into Greek food totally worth it. But İ will get to that later.

Our final day sightseeing in Athens began with a long trek to the National Archeological Museum. Although it was eerily similar to the Musei Vaticani considering the ridiculous number of statues on display, the museum was really worth the visit and had a lot of interesting displays. The most interesting to me were definitely the room about the Greek myths, the Egyptian room, and the glass room. Side-note: one thing İ must do before İ die is glass-blowing. Super cool when they explained how it is done!

After the musuem, Marissa and İ began an even longer trek across the city to the Temple of Zues and the Theater of Dionysus. Yet more ruins, but worth seeing. We had fun taking pictures with the collapsed pillars while we were on the verge of hallucinations from exhaustion and dehydration. But don’t worry, after realizing our deliriousness, we indulged in a pick-me-up gelato serving. No, we cannot escape İtalian comforts, and no, we do not feel guilty (considering the circumstances).

Finally, to our Greek meal! For our nice Greek meal, Marissa and İ went to the market place near the Acropolis where either good-looking men or grumpy old men try to recruit you to their restaurant. We finally settled on a nice little restaurant (recruited by a cute old man) which had the perfect view of the Acropolis! Our meal consisted of the best Greek salad İ have ever had, mousaka (an eggplant, bread-pudding lasagna dish), pork gyros, and baklava with ice cream for dessert.

İ KNOW. So good.

Also, for all those concerned about us being in Greece during the protests, we saw a protest in progress, and it consisted of a lot of young people playing various styles of drums. Harmless and entertaining!

Finally, our time in Athens ends with a relaxing night at the Hostel Zeus where somewhere in the middle of the night İ hear people belting Country Roads by John Denver outside our window. Country music in Athens, a confusing mix that perfectly sums up our…strange… time in Greece.