What was the most popular movie for kids in Ancient Greece?

Troy Story!

Okay, so I didn't come up with that one but I put the link in case you want more History Jokes.  Better yet, don't look and you can just think I came up with them.  ;)

Jet lag hit me this morning so when the fire alarm went off a little before 7am, I was actually a little glad that I hadn't overslept...although I hope to just use my alarm tomorrow morning.  Apparently someone learned this morning (much to the rest of our chagrin)  that you don't try to heat a croissant in a toaster.

We had a full day today.  Classes in the morning (very cool) and sightseeing all afternoon (very warm.)

Our afternoon started with lunch in the heart of Athens.  One of our tour guides led us to a place that made yummy souvlaki on pita.  Just writing about it makes me want one now.  Good thing that place is too far away to get to right now.

I resisted buying any souvenirs today since we were going to be climbing to the top of the Acropolis.  It was a wise choice since that hill is pretty dang tall.  The stone steps and walkways have been so worn by all the tourists over all the years that they are very smooth and slippery.  I felt like an old lady walking so slowly up and back down the thing since I didn't want to slip.  I could just imagine myself becoming like one of those cartoon characters that roll all the way down a mountain in a ball of dust with legs, and arms sticking out.  Of course I'd probably take out a few other tour groups along the way and we'd make one gigantic, enormous, massive ball that would then end up wrecking some of the antiquities along the way, cause an international incident for destroying historic artifacts and then we'd all be kicked out of Greece never to be let back in ever again.
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Or, I could have twisted my ankle.

Either way, I was glad to make it up and back down again with it and myself unscathed by the experience.

My face was too red from the heat and walking to try to take any pictures (selfies or otherwise) up there but here is the Parthenon.  They are restoring the end that most people take pictures of but that end is not really the front so here is the "front."

There are actually four buildings on top of the Acropolis (which basically just means highest part of the city.)  Many of the sculptures that had been saved from the sites are now in the New Acropolis Museum that opened a few years ago.  The cool things about the museum (aside from the stuff in it) is that they have some areas of clear floors where it is possible to walk over different excavations that were done on that site where they found various artifacts and parts of buildings.  It was very clever how they designed it...although a little unnerving to look down and see things many feet below...your feet.

Random picture for the day:  I thought the people in charge of all the trash cans at the Acropolis were clever to paint them cream colored.  To me, they looked like little tiny columns from a distance.

Other info:  The cafe in the museum was awesome.  Quite a few of us had various dishes from there and everything was very good.

Other other info:  So my first hotel is apparently supposed to be the best and oldest in Athens.  I guess that's where they place visiting bigwigs when they come to the city.  I'm sure eventually the tour guide will also announce that I stayed there too.  There'll probably be a plaque on it soon saying something to that effect.