Couple Days in Athens

Today we had to take the bus from Olympia back to Athens which would have been nice and relaxing ride if Eric and I weren’t feeling a tad bit sick from the juice we had the night before. After the long and torturous bus ride, we arrived and the first thing Mr. Ryan said to us when we were getting off the bus was that the pick pocketing was very popular in Athens right now and to definitely not leave something for a second because it wouldn’t be there anymore. Athens was definitely a little different from the other countries we had traveled to. We made it to the hotel with all our wallets and bags and after a short rest we walked to Marble Stadium where previous Olympics had been held. After an exciting photo shoot, we walked through a market to find dinner. We also made a new friend, a dog that followed us around for 10 minutes, even though I wasn’t allowed to look at it. The market had so restaurants and stores with every person walking up to you and telling you that was the place to eat. We settled on a place with good food and free wine on the house. Mr. Ryan ordered for all of us and got a lot of appetizers. The dinner was delicious, but the table had so much food by the time the main course came to the table we were all full.

The next day we took a bus ride with our tour guide Elsa to the 2004 Athens Olympic Park. We were lucky enough to go on a day when the Special Olympics were being held, so we got to witness a couple races. The stadium was really nice holding 75,000 seats and we also really enjoyed the DJ playing some familiar songs.
After a lunch break, we went with Robert to the new Acropolis museum. After the museum, we climbed up to the top of Acropolis. It was beautiful up there and we got a great view of the whole city and “hills” behind the city. After that, we were free for the rest of the day so a couple of us went to famous Gyro restaurant that was delicious. One of the waiters really loved us and gave us free wine and dessert. It was a really good day especially the gyros.