Day: 22
Wow! Cheap Greek wine is not quite as good to you in the morning as the cheap Italian wine I had been drinking for the last 11 days! I stumbled to the bathroom around 11:45am looked in the mirror and realized I looked like shit and was feeling a little on the rough side. But, I want to see the Acropolis and since it closes at 3pm I couldn’t go with my first instinct of just climbing back in bed for a few more hours. I forced myself to brush my teeth and put myself in some semblance of looking respectable, and hike up the hill to the Acropolis. The Acropolis is spectacular and you really get a sense of what ancient Greece was like, well that is except for the giant cranes and scaffolding that the Greeks were using to rebuild the entire Acropolis and its surrounding buildings. It kind of made for shitty pictures because I was constantly trying to frame my pictures around the construction.
I was ready to move on to what I think is the most interesting relic of ancient Greece, the Theater of Dionysos. It was here that modern Theater and spoken word were founded in celebration of the Goddess Dionysos and it was here that I got yelled at by some Greek security guard woman for slipping off my sandals and liberating my feet for a few minutes well I just took it all in from the stone benches of the amphitheatre. Whatever.
I tried to make it to Temple of Olympian Zeus, but 3pm came quickly and everything closed. I just headed back to the hostel to download my pictures, do more blogging and take a little nap.
Every night at 6pm the hostel here projects a movie onto the screen in the common room, so when I walked in just as I woke up from my nap and Anti-Trust was just starting I decide to join a couple of others for this fantastic (insert sarcasm here) film. Just two short hours and our brief look into cinematic genius (insert even more sarcasm) was over an I was hungry. In addition to playing bad movies the hostel also has a shelf full of bad pasta and sauce for free. Sounded like a plan. This was actually my first spaghetti dinner since my trip began.
After dinner I went to my room, and meant my new roommate from Holland, Maarten. Maarten and I got to talking and he is heading to see a solar eclipse next week in Turkey (I am not an astronomer, but he says it’s the most spectacular place in the world to view it from). He invited me to head that way with him on Friday morning, and to see the Eclipse next Wednesday. I thought about it for twenty minutes or so and decided Turkey sounds great. Although I probably won’t make it out to the Greek islands now I will get to see the moon kick the suns ass for an entire 3 ½ minutes.
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Hey everyone!
I know you were all excited about more of Greece (the islands and all), but I am going to head toward Turkey on friday for about a week. I may make it back here but I may not and just head up to Bulgaria from Istabul. On another good note, My site has had over 7000 hits from 973 unique computers. Even I am impressed! I have a 22 hour train ride on Friday so that entry may not be the most interseting entry, but Ill try.
Rob
I must say, your decision to pack up and go to Turkey to see an eclipse must be a genetic thing. Because I can just see your father telling the four of you, “C’mon kids, let’s all get in the station wagon and go see an eclipse today”! In this instance, you really are your father’s son.
PS No Greek Islands? You are breaking my heart!!!
screw that security guard, should have told her to suck your toes and get to stepping! sure was looking forward to see what you would’ve captured from the greek islands
a note from one of the 973 ‘unique’ computers – do try and get to the greek islands – even if you only get to a couple of them for 4-5 days – they are amazing. mykonos is the party island and santorini is spectacular – i have been to about 6-7 of them but these 2 although the most touristy were prob the best with limited time. Also – your photos are amazing!
Awesome photos. Off to Turkey? WOW, have a great time. I’m sure the photos and food will really be different from what we have had. Sounds like fun! Enjoy the eclipse and hope you get some spectacular shots. You can pick-up the greek isles later, but I agree with the other bloggers, don’t miss them. Sounds like a great party place for you. Lots of fun, food, wine and other bibations, along with some really great gals.
I may head back out to the Islands in a week or two but from what I have been hearing is that the weather is not right for the Islands just now and they are mainly deserted this time of year so the parties are limited. But Turkey is supposedly covered in Wikens right now celebrating the “earth mother” and the eclipse so it should be slightly more active there.
Rob