Howling at the Full Moon on the Hill of the Wolves

Trip Start Sep 07, 2008
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Trip End Dec 09, 2008


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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Thanks to the students, I managed to make it back from touring Parliament and the Orthodox church on the bus, and the rest of the day we sat in Ancient Monuments and Greek language classes. Then that evening, I met up with the BibFem Four and another friend from the program, Tzev. Tzev is actually the liaison between the program headquarters in Portland, Oregon, and the individual program sites such as Athens. I'm so grateful that her committee selected me for this opportunity, and for all the administrative questions she's answered for me over e-mail across the past few months. She's here for the week to see the Athens location with her own eyes.

Tzev, Dutch, Nurse Cubby, Gramma, Chaplain, and I met in the posh Kolonaki district of Athens, and walked up... and up.... and up to Lycabettus (Leek-uh-VEET-ohs) Hill, the "Hill of the Wolves" that is the highest point in Athens. Five thousand stairs and a vertical cable car ride later, we reached the top just at dusk. The sun was going down on a breath-snatching vista of the city, and as we walked around taking pictures, the pink of sundown was replaced by the light of the full moon.

There was a cafe, a fancy restaurant, and the Greek Orthodox church of Agios Yiorgos at the top. From our table at the cafe, we could look down and see the Parthenon, the Parliament Building, and Kalimarmara Stadium bathed in golden light.
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jdemuth
jdemuth on Oct 15, 2008 at 01:35PM

What a view!
It definitely looks like it was worth the hike...how beautiful. :-)

stilldianes
stilldianes on Oct 15, 2008 at 11:03PM

Cool!
That's really awesome that you did that - now you're ready to come visit me and climb Pike's Peak - all 14,000 feet of it - right? (There's a train if you need it, but after all this hiking practice you might be able to walk!)

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