Athens

To start off the day (at 8am) we took the bus into Athens and spent the day seeing the sights. First we saw an Olympic Theater that was build over 100 years ago for the 1896 Olympic games that were held in Greece.

We then headed to the Parthenon and spent some of our time walking around around the border taking pictures and visiting other historic surrounding buildings. The original statues and other ancient art atop the Parthenon are stored in the Athens Museum to preserve them from further weather damage. We visited the museum later on in the day.

After visiting the Parthenon we headed over to Mars Hill for a quick lesson on Paul and some singing. The hill had graffiti and cigarette buds, but on the way up the stairs there is a plaque with a passage from Acts 17 inscribed in Greek. After spending time on Mars Hill (and almost getting rained on) we traveled into the city and had a lunch of salad, cheese pie, chicken and rice, followed by ice cream. We then headed to the museum for a 2 hour tour. The time spent in the museum combined with the jet lag, we were all ready to get on the bus back to Porto Rafti!

On top of Mars Hill

(photo taken by Carlton Norris)