Greece - Day 2!

Our 2nd Day in Greece

By Jenny!

On our second full day in Athens, Greece, our family started out at the Plaka, the Greek

market place. We stopped at an ancient Greek Starbucks! After we got breakfast, we headed to the Acropolis and Parthenon. It took a while to get there because when we asked for directions, we got “That way…about ten minutes!” While it really took half an hour. It was pretty confusing! We went up narrow stairs and down small corridors. In my opinion, the best part was all the stray cats sleeping in the sun! I tried to pet all of them! But sadly, did not succeed. *sigh*

When we finally got up there, it started to get interesting. It was really high up, and we weren’t even at the top yet! There was a really big crowd and it was hard not to get jostled. We found our way up the steps pretty easily. This time there were stray dogs everywhere! Again I tried to pet them and again, I did not succeed. Mom and dad said “No!”

The temples were extremely amazing. When we were walking through the ruins, we found

we were able to sit on some of the ruins. So naturally we did. We found some carvings of letters in one of the blocks and that was really cool. And just before we left, Mom found, all stacked up, the top parts of pillars. I don’t really know how to explain it. All I know is that it was incredible how it was left there, all stacked up with no one to guard it.

After visiting the temples, Dad left to go back to the conference and Mom, Maddie, and I went back to the Plaka. We went shopping and wandering. Then we had lunch. We stopped at this sunny outdoor restraunt. We ordered lamb on sticks, pita bread, and Coke. Then we went to Greece’s new Acropolis Museum. It was HUGE! In some parts of the museum, the floor is glass, and you can see the ruins that the museum was built on!

Mom wanted to see the National Gardens, so we left the Plaka and headed for the gardens.

We wandered through the gardens, trying to find where the “ Changing of the Guard” took place. The “Changing of the Guard” is exactly what it sounds like. The guards change places every hour but they also do this funny sort of dance in front of the Greek Parliament building. We made a mistake and went to the back of the building where there were two guard dogs. I was a little scared then. After we found the right place and went back to the hotel, we went to a dinner for my dad’s company.

We got all dressed up and went to the dinner.

The dinner was held at an art museum and we ate in a gallery. Before dinner, we wandered around in the museum and looked

at the paintings and sculptures. One painting that creeped me out was a crazy picture of a doll’s head. In the end we were all really tired. So that’s the end of our second day!

Next up: Mom's version of the trip. Hint: I was not as focused on petting stray dogs during our trip ; )