Athens to the Islands

The sights in Athens were absolutely amazing! We spent one frantic day of sight-seeing there but we could easily have gone for two more (well... Geoff could easily have gone for more, DeeDee on the other hand was loosing some steam by the end of our historical-fact-filled marathon).

We started our day with the Acropolis, which we'll post some pics of because it is cool beyond words.

The Acropolis seen here from afar

Next we spent about an hour looking for Socrates "prison" only to learn when we found it that it was probably not really Socrates actual prison...

We ate our lunch at the best little Gyro stand around (albeit boiling hot) and spent the rest of the afternoon perusing the awe-inspiring archaeological museum

Later in the day we met up with our friend Carolyn and her friend Alex who are both living in Athens for a real Greek dinner experience. It was great! They were both awesome tour guides and they gave us the low-down on Greek culture and showed us some cool things like this changing of the guards at the Parliament building.

The next day were were up bright and early to head off to Naxos on the ferry. Some hours later we arrived, got settled in and climbed a little hill in the harbour to have a glass of wine and watch the sunset.

That's all for now because we can hardly handle the girl who's not really smoking her cigarette next to us, but rather letting the second-hand smoke drift our way while looking really cool.