Day 2 in Athens

Day 2:
We started the day by trying some Grecian pastries to get us fueled up for touring the Acropolis and ancient ruins. We learned that what looks like a donut is not necessarily a donut, but a honey syrup soaked piece of bread!! Oh Well.

The Acropolis is old. It is old and falling down. It is old and falling down and being rebuilt all at the same time!! The Acropolis is also on the top of a huge limestone hill ( not easy walking when your luggage is still missing and your wearing crocs! ) that must be at least 100 degrees in the sun. Because of this and after we toured the ruins, we walked very slowly through the air conditioned museum that is located at the top of the hill. After a quick lunch under the cyprus trees ( at the bottom of the Acropolis ) we set off for the Temple of Zeus via the historic Plaka District. The Plaka was gorgeous, it sure beat the walk that we took the day we arrived - bums, junkies, homeless dogs, shoe sales men. The Plaka is what you may think of when thinking of Athens. Narrow, colorful streets lined with flowering shrubs and trees, cafes in tight alley ways, small balconies made of rock and twisted metal.

The Temple of Zeus was 104 massive pillars of which only 10 stand and one that blew over in a gale force wind. The ruins were great but we need to brush up on our Greek history because we have no idea how the Ancients built these things because they are ridiculously massive, even by current standards. At the Temple of Zeus you can take photos and sit on benches. What you Cannot do is just about everything else. We witnessed a couple being scolded for taking photos with their hands raised to the sky, and we were scolded twice. Once for sitting with our shoes off and a second time for lying down in the shade of an orange tree. No rest near Zeus!!

After three days Mediterranean fashion still does not cease to amaze us. Men: tight pants in 90 degrees, tight flashy shirts and ( get ready for this ) mullets!!!! Yes, the Mullet has made a comeback in the Mediterranean. Spiked on top and long and greasy in the back. Woah. Women from Greece have breasts and they want you to know about it. They REALLY want you to know about it! And that is about all I noticed about Greek women. Piper noticed the crazy shoe fetishes and designer sunglasses, but I was too distracted by what was in between the glasses and the shoes to notice them.