Lauren and I went and saw the Acropolis today, it was amazing. These buildings are so big that it makes you wonder just how they built them. They are also built on top of this huge hill so they would have had to lug up all the marble they used and that in itself is amazing. We saw the Parthanon, the temple of Athena Nike, the temple of Hephastus, The theater of Dionysus, the hill of the Nymphs, the hill of the Pnyx, and Ancient Agora. It was a good hike today but it was just incredible to see all these things and know how old they are. From the top of the Acropolis you can also see this view of Athens that actually made you disgusted. The houses and buildings go on forever in every direction. It's basically a sea of white with no breaks in it. Because of the lack of vegitation, people have actually started to grow trees on their roofs.
For some reason things kept on happening to us today...it was interesting. Just being at the Acropolis was cool....but then when we were hiking up the hill of nymphs we turn around and there's this guy staring at us and playing with himself in the bushes....we were really grossed out. So we got out of there but as we were wandering around we stop and there's this wild turtle on the ground...and he was pretty big, his shell was about the size of a frizbee. So we watched him for a bit and then we went down into the market and looked at some stuff and then we went past this fountain square and there was litterally around a thousand pigeons there...and somebody had thrown and whole bunch of bread in the middle and they were going crazy...so i have all these pictures of us with pigeons of our feet. We had a bit to eat for dinner and now we're in this internet cafe.
Our roommates have been really great, it's nice to hang out and get to know some different people. Beer is so cheap here (it 65 euro cents for a 500ml bottle of beer). so last night we drank a whole bunch of beer and taught Nick and Florien how to play asshole ( I bought some playing cards in Patras). As well yeasterday lauren and I went to this huge market and bought a whole bunch of fresh fruit and we learned an easy way to make some brusecetta in Bari so we bought the stuff we need to make it and have been having some tasty little meals in our room (Bob i had a huge mango for breakfast this morning and it was dirt cheap)
I'll have to get a good look at all your pictures in the Cariboos, I have some great pics
Signing out
Kelsey
3 comments:
Hi Kelsey. I'm back in Calgary but heading off to Mexico. Sounds like you are having a real adventure. I was going to suggest that if you are interested in staying longer, you might be able to extented your return ticket? Cody seems to be getting along nicely. We both miss you, Alex and Dylan said to say hi as well as George and Steve. I'll try and keep in touch from Mexico. Bob
Hey Kels!
It's good to hear that you are having so much fun. This blog thing is pretty cool. I'm drinking a really good coffee. I'm going to be late for work. My fingers hurt. Leelu is pissing me off. I'm spending too much money. I'm gonna go now.
I'M RICH BIATCH!!
Hi guys!
We're back from our ski week in Fairmont. Had a super time.......as usual. You are sure good with this blogging thing. It makes for great reading. Hope your adventures continue to be so much fun.........and rewarding to see sites with so much historical interest. Tally and I just finished moving both Joel & Maddie, and Farrah & Ian into their new homes over the weekend.Trust me, moving into two different houses on the same day is HARD!! Work will seem like a picnic compared to that grunt work!! Travel on dudes.........love Joan Abougucci
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