Day 2 in Athens

8-19-2009

Tess, and I got up early and headed out to explore Athens. We first went to the ferry station to buy tickets for our trip to Santorini. Then we caught up with some "to-dos" at an internet cafe and I bought a new camera. I was very excited with my new purchase.

Then Tess and I hiked up to near the top of the acropolis which was beautiful. We also stumbled upon the acropolis museum where we were able to see the beginnings of excavation of more Greek ruins. Next, we found more Greek ruins and saw the archeological site of the Olympian and the National Gardens. We also went into an art museum where Tess bought a couple boxes and I fell absolutely in love with a painting. Unfortunately, the painting was 800 euros. The man trying to sell the painting complemented my taste and told me he would give me a deal, but unfortunately this was still very outside my budget.

As night fell we headed back to Dimitris's house and showered, pack, and relaxed in preparation for our eight hour ferry ride to Santorini the following day!