Day 15: March 5

March 5:

riddle answer: ". / , / : / ;"
fail: We are confused by this one. We don't understand the answer. Feel free to enlighten us.

dare: to not start the countdown
success: No need. Having too good of a time!

quote: "I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move." - Robert Louis Stevenson

riddle: At noon and midnight, the hour and minute hands are coincident with eachother. How many times between noon and midnight do the hour and minute hands cross?

So today the wonderful Greek people went on strike again. Luckily, it was just transportation, so we just walked to the places we wanted to go.

Anyway, I can now say that I saw the Parthenon. The acropolis was amazing! The view from the top was spectacular over the city, and from one corner, you could hear the Greek protestors (which just made the experience even more interesting!). It was a long walk to the top, but the architects were definitely smart when they designed the layout. The long windy road the top gave us the opportunity to look up to the Parthenon and out on the city, and then going through the Propylaea, you get another amazing view of the Parthenon. It was definitely worth all the hype!

Afterwards, we went down the Areopagus, which is essentially this giant rock/hill. Then we moved from there into the Agora. Overlooking it is the Temple of Hephaestus, which is one of my favorite Greek temples, and is also supposedly the best preserved temple in Greece. Lastly, we tried to do the Karameikos (the "potter's quarter"), but probably due to our constant bad luck, it was closed.

That left the rest of the day free to shop. The set-up here is pretty funny. All the purses and sunglasses are sold by men on the street - literally on the street. They lay them all out on blankets so that they can pick up and move whenever they need to. It's kind of sketchy, but definitely an experience.

Tonight we were supposed to go to a Greek cooking lesson, but due to the transportation strike and the fact that the lesson was all the way across town, we are going to eat the old-fashioned way - by buying it in a restaurant! Unfortunately, I will not have any Greek cooking skills to bring home to everyone! :(

Tomorrow is the National Museum, which is supposed to take a long time. It is also our last night in Greece tomorrow as we are leaving on Sunday. I'll be sure to post tomorrow, and then when I return, I will see if I can figure out how to add pictures. Talk to you again soon!