Cape Sounio

... was apparently optional. She was great.

There was one guy, who apparently was a manager type of the beach? He swam out to us and started talking. Remember me talking about how much the Greeks hate most other people? He enlightened us on a few more. For example, I learned that the Greeks (he, at least), hate the Macedonians, Albanians, Yugoslavians, and Russians. Good to know, good ...

... background. Then it was over the hill at Lamia and on to the central Greek plain, perhaps the most boring part of Greece. Here the road passed through recently harvested cotton fields and cotton waste lined the roads and hedges much the same way as straw does at harvest time in the UK. The towns and villages we passed through were not even one-horse towns, boasting only a donkey or two and the usual army of Toyota pick up ...

... we did a touch of sightseeing too. Quite close to the campsite is the temple of Poseidon at Sounio, a romantic ruin on a cape overlooking the Aegean and many of the Saronic Islands. Here Byron (allegedly) carved his name on one of the pillars, joining the ranks of 19th Century graffiti artists. The trip from here to Athens sums up Greek transport policy. A 25 ...

... consistently restoring it, so many of the buildings had some scaffolding...however, the views of the city were beautiful...For dinner, we went to some hole-in-the wall restaurant that served 1 pound of porkchops for 6 Euros...It was good, but I was stuffed... The next day, we finished off the main sites, including the Ancient Agora, Roman Forum and Tower of the Winds, and the Temple to Zeus...Then we just walked around and also looked for a dress for my sister for her to wear to the ...

... rowing the powerless life raft back and forth to the mainland... a few of these trips later and I'm absolutely exhausted. I get myself on dry land with no more than ten or 15 minutes to spare and the temple is still a good mile and a half away. I start running with my thumb out, as if the paddling hadn't been a good enough work out, and my prayers are answered when two older ...

... and start some serious sightseeing. Kate and Kel were quite stoked to have a free tour guide as Sharm took them to the ruins of the Olympian Temple to Zeus. Kate was a little disappointed as she commented "there isn't much of them" to which Kel responded "well they are ruins". We made our way to the original Olympic Stadium where we wanted to run around the tracks, unfortunately they did not open the tracks for random running. However, photos made us all feel like ...

... Ai Ling. We wouldn't want to miss it!













We stopped by for lunch, and the lamb with rice is so delicious that when I remember to take a picture, this is all that was left :p




Since this is a slow day for us, we decided to take the free time to join a Cape Sounion trip. It was just a ...

... go in either. My travel buddy, Amanda, and I did a day trip to Delphi to see more ruins there. The bus ride was so great, just getting to look at all of the beautiful mountinous landscape of Greece that I never knew existed! The ruins were incredible; we saw ancient sanctuaries with ancient Greek written on the walls, altars, a big theatre, and a stone concerned to be the "navel of the world" (kind of weird concept). On that tour Amanda and I met ...

... temperatures. We ate inside! Then we went around Plaka and Konolaki, which were filled with shops and lots of people. We followed the walking tour from Lonely Planet where we hit the Turkish Bath, churches, and more ruins, which were right in the midst of modern shops and cafes - it's the ancient city way! We were still exhausted from travel, so at about 6, we grabbed ...

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