Athens and the Acropolis

5/24/11

Location: Athens

We had to get up really early this morning to travel to the center of Athens. I still managed to shower and eat breakfast before leaving at 8AM. The whole group got on the tram and traveled 45 minutes to the end of the tracks and got off to get onto the metro system. We got off the tram at Syntagma and then traveled on the metro to the Acropolis. We went down to the ancient part of the Acropolis to see the ruins. We walked around and saw a lot of different structures and the Parthenon. We spent about 2 hours walking around the site; I could have spent longer there but it was really hot out. I went into the main part of town to eat lunch and look at the shops in the area. I was able get a lot of my souvenir shopping done but it took me about 5 hours to get everything I wanted. I walked around with a few girls and then traveled back to the hotel. My legs were hurting pretty bad but it was worth it. I eventually made it back to the hotel to eat dinner and then I went into a different part of town that was closer to where our hotel is located. A few of us went to the movie theater to see Pirates of the Caribbean 4. It was an interesting experience being in a theater in a different country. We went back to the hotel after the movie and I stayed up for about an hour talking with a few people from our group. I eventually went to bed around 1AM. I had a really good time exploring the main part of Athens.