Athens & Corinth, Greece- Cruise Part 4

By the end of this day, my head hurt from the history I had seen. I loved art history in college and by this point in the trip I was really wishing I had found my three inch thick textbook and hauled it along with me. Not to let us down after Santorini, Piraeus, Corinth & Athens Greece were beautiful. We were once again spoiled with a private tour and guide. That lady loved to talk! It was a long ride from the port to Corinth but Berk slept for a large part of it and that made it easier to handle. Along the way we stopped to see the famous Corinth Canal. Wait, you have never heard of it? Us either. But apparently it is a big deal there, so if you want to read about it, click here. We got drinks at a gas station along the way. I will try to forget about the adorable little snow globe of the Acropolis I didn't buy, assuming I would see many more later. Never assume and please don't point out the blank spot on my shelf next to the other 9 snow globes I brought home.... Remember these wise words we heard at the end of our trip... "If you see it and like it BUY IT. You may not come back."

It was hot hot hot in Corinth. There is so much history there, especially about the Apostle Paul. The Epistle of the Romans form the Bible was written there. We got to go in a cool museum and then we headed back on the bus to head into Athens.

Athens downtown was so cool. All the government buildings are amazing. There are so many places related to the Olympics, we only could see a few. Right in the middle of it all are the remains of the Temple of Zeus. Whenever the guides would thrown around names like Aphrodite and Zeus I would have to think they mean Zeus, Zeus.

We ate lunch in the Plaka at a little cafe where we had to ask for our water 'flat' and you could get your drinks with or without gas (carbonation). The food was weird but good for the most part. After the tiniest bit of shopping we ran down to the Hard Rock to get a t shirt and then headed to the Acropolis.

It sits right in the city, you just turn a corner and there it is. So amazing. It was a steep walk, slippery from the thousands or feet that walk the steps each day. They are in the middle of a new preservation project where they are putting titanium rods into replace the iron ones that are worn or rusting. So the scaffolding was not so pretty to see, but it is worth it if the structures are around for thousands more years, right? We spent some time at the top admiring the view. You could see forever, so it was no wonder that this place was chosen to build the city on. I was happy to head back to the boat, since this day was such a hot one, and I was happy I got to check something off my Bucket List.

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