Greece!

Delphi. Awesome. Walked the sacred-way, saw where Socrates learned he was crazy-wise, amazing.amazing.amazing.

Rain in Delphi

Days blurring together....

Mycenae was INCREDIBLE. Saw the Lion's gate, beehive tombs, Treasury of Atreus...The sun was shining, everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.

Nicole and I doing our signature piggy-back pose under the Lion's gate

Athens was spectacular. There were riots the day before we arrived and flooding the day after, but when we were there things were marvelous. Walked up the acropolis and saw the Parthenon. It took the Greeks 9 years to build the Parthenon, and it is taking modern architects 20 to reconstruct the ruins. My favorite building was definitely this temple dedicated 1/2 to Athena, 1/2 to Poseidon. You may be familiar with the myth of how Athena became Athens protector (she and Poseidon each gave the city a gift, and the better gift-giver won patronage of the city), well this building was meant to assuage some of Poseidon's anger at not being chosen. SO cool. We learned all about these buildings in Fine Arts, and we've learned all about the Greek Philosophers in Metaphysics. Educational.joy.

Flea markets in Athens, ruins, museum, joy.

The museums we went in were spectacular. Our tour guide, Nikki, was a rockstar--her enthusiasm was really contagious and I enjoyed all her tours so much.

Temple on the Acropolis. Notice the recreated karyatids (4 of which are preserved in the Athenian museum), my FAVORITE.

So much more to say...