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Athens

I found a deal on a flight to Athens.  With all that is going on there Simon and I didn't really want to take the kids with us.  So my friend here in Munich came with me.  Our awesome husbands watched the kids while we were away.  It was a wonderful child free weekend with some adventure.  

When we arrived everything was on strike, of course.  We found a few other travelers heading to downtown and split a taxi.  We stayed in a hostel with a very nice Iranian woman, who tried to give us advice and showed us all of the things that she had bought.  The first day we wandered around because everything was closed due to the strike.  We did get to go to the Parthenon museum which was great.  The second day we were able to hit all of the sites, and a bonus they happened to be free that day!  We ate delicious gyros, stuffed grape leaves, moussaka and baklava.  

The last evening got a little tense.  Apparently the weekend that we choose to go there were large riots, over a hundred thousand people.  We couldn't take the train out of the city because they had to close down the stations due to the riot.  There were tons of people dressed in black chanting.  I have to admit, I was scared.  I have never felt unsafe in all of our travels, but this scared me.  You could feel the tension and anger in the air.  People were telling us to leave and that it wasn't our fight.  We found a taxi out of the city and headed to the airport.  Apparently that night 45 buildings were burned down that evening and the riot got pretty violent. (google athens feb 12) 


the Parthenon


Temple of Nike


Odeon of Herodes Atticus




       


A big thanks to my hubby and my friend's hubby for watching the kids for us!  I came home to happy sleeping children, a clean apartment and a delicious peach pie!  

Comments

SJ said…
so glad you made it home safe and sound!

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