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Welcome! This is a blog for our big trip to Europe in June/July. We've got 11 countries to visit, or 12 if you count Vatican City. So I guess it will all unfold here.....

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Ancient Athens

So we got to Athens. We are in a really cool hostel in that it is about 2 minutes walk from all the main historical sites. So we were able to put our bags in our room and go exploring. We saw most of the main Ancient ruins like the Acropolis, the Temple for Zeus, the Temple of Nike and the Parthenon. Sorry spelling may be off! But they were really cool. It was amazing like some of them started getting built in about 500BC. And we were standing right there infront of them. And when you compare 500BC to how old New Zealand is.... Well its a big difference!!
There were a bit pedantic near the Acropolis.... you can see in the photo that Troy is on my shoulders. Then this lady blew a whistle and told us off. You are not allowed to be on someone elses shoulders there. She didnt explain why!

How annoying! It would appear that the photo function isnt working here! I will try and upload the photos from our next place. But we are surviving, its 43 degrees here today and all is going well! We might to on a day trip tomorrow, either to Delphi or Sparta. Probably Delphi. Apparently there is nothing to see in Sparta. You just grunt and call yourself a temporary Spartan. We will keep you posted!

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