Apollo Aegina

... walk quite a ways away and payed an outrageously high price for shipping. So I missed my first ferry and had to cough up even more money.

I made it to the island late morning and met some Americans who were leaving the island and I asked if they had a map to give me any tips on what to see. They had a map and they also said to rent a scooter to just cruise around the ...

... and Keats 25 years ago, so I had to try! But for now you'll have to settle for pictures of the temple itself. I'll post a few different shots. I was also intrigued by a wall of pumice along the perimeter of the hill, and I took one cool shot of the Aegean through one of the holes. Tonight I met with 23 other "Motley Crewsers"-the group I met online through Cruise Critic's roll call of people who will be on the cruise. Now, my idea of hell is ...

... ride on the cliff hugging road of the Amalfi Coast. This time with a driver who really needed to take a couple of very deep cleansing breaths. I was a little concerned for our well being as passengers! He had a case of road rage and was running behind schedule which was very apparent when he gave a traffic attendent an earfull none of which I could understand (probably a good thing, haha). We were totally full and he passed unexpecting passengers at ...

... We got back to the studio and had an afternoon nap, before we were due to head to the hostels rooftop bar and watch the sunset over the Acropolis. When we got up though it was spitting a bit and so we decided to walk to a restaurant recommended in Lonely Planet rather than watch the non sunset. Almost immediately we took a bit of a diversion from our intended route to walk down the narrow streets full of galleries, craft shops and jewelers which really looked and ...

... and grapes and even Jorge and Donkey resurface as they think they are safe from the water and smelled alcohol. Next we are off to the red sand beach which is truly awesome. In the past two days, I've swam at black, red and white sand beaches... pretty cool! Back at the hotel we grab a snack and head to the airport via the most expensive five minute cab ride of all time. Only back in Athens for a few hours, we ...

... don't take school seriously. Many of them cheated and spent most of the exam period complaining about the exam. It's very unfortunate and I'm really glad that isn't the way it is in the states, because I take my education very seriously. And that would really bother me if I had to deal with it all the time! On Wednesday after classes we cooked dinner for Aphrodite (our program director) and her husband. They came over to the apartment and we made barbequed ...

... able to see the main Temple of Hephaistos. The Roman Agora was relatively small. It was used for after the Ancient Agora began to become too crowded so it handled the overflow for ancient Athens. After this we repeated our walk from day 2 up to the Acropolis, which was finally open. The Acropolis was just as impressive as I had imagined. We ascended up the walkway overlooking the Odeon and Theater of Dionysus before walking through ...

Wow....okay okay, i know, if any, some of you are waiting for me to post some more about my trip but firstly theres been so much to write, so little time, and the little time that we do have to sit down, its for 5 mins because of the line at the free/pricey internet at the hostel, of its just crazy expensive to use.....Sooooo where to begin.....we as you can see we are in Greece....magical...isnt it??....well to be honest, not so much. The picturesque beaches and glamorous sunsets, you ...

... always had email access and everyone else always struggled with the ability to be "online" and connected if you will, including our fearless EOW founder, who always had technical difficulties, (you take yourself with you no matter where you go). If it weren't for Sandra, who was always a walking database of exactly when we were flying out, how long our layovers were, when we would be arriving, but couldn't find the light ...

... extolling the virtues of Europe in general, I've also gotten up to some sight-seeing since i arrived here yesterday. Went to go see the Temple of Olympian Zeus and got in for free (don't know how that works, but i decided to just go with it), and it was reasonably astounding. Quite a few of the more heavily touristed ancient sites look alot like empty lots with a few pillars and chunks of marble lying around, and it takes away from the awe factor; but what can you ...