Greece day 11 "Athens"

Got up at 7:30 had some tea & coffee and read about Paul on Mars Hill in Acts then headed out to the Metro. We were unsure of what line to take and the people behind the ticket counter were less than helpful. We had some breakfast on the way and then went down into the subway. We eventually figured it out. It's not that different than the States but they were out of maps so it was a little insecure feeling to not be able to see where they were taking us. Then we noticed that they have a diagram on the inside of the train.

We did the Athens City Walk out of the Athens book and really enjoyed it. That book is so helpful at making sure you don't miss any sights. We saw the Parliament building & fed the pidgeons, caught a few, watched the changing of the guards at the tomb of the unknown soldier, saw lots of churches and cathedrals, the temple of Zeus, and part of the Ancient Agora. It's unbelievable how many ruins are in this one city. The entire city is built on ruins. Every now and then we'd walk past a fenced off area that you could look down into and sure enough, there were more crumbling buildings, or old streets/walls.

There are lots of street vendors and we were able to find a mask for our sunroom wall, so David was thrilled. Then when we were all done sight seeing we did a very bad thing and ate supper at McDonalds. We couldn't resist. Big Macs for both of us! Yum. That was the first American food we've had since we left so it was a treat. I've got to tell you though, I LOVE gyros, greek salads, and their pizza is so good too. Also they've got lots of flaky crusted pastries. It's probably good that I don't live here all the time:)

Tomorrow we are planning to go to the Archaeological Museum in the morning and then back to Ancient Agora because it closed an hour earlier then the books said so we didn't get to see all of it. Then we hope to go to the Acropolis in the late afternoon.