Day 28

Kato Alissos Camp Site 5:57pm 7-18-10

I´m sitting at a picnic table by the market at our campsite, catching up on all that we have done in the past few days. Yesterday morning we got up and got ready to head to Patras. We rented a car there and Troy drove us (Liam, Jenny and myself) to Athens. Luckily it was pretty simple, just one national road straight to Athens, but once we got to the city we got a bit lost. We ended up parking really close to the Acropolis though and as we walked towards it we could see the Parthenon above us looking over the city. It was a hot day and we had lots of uphill and stairs to do, but when we got to the top of the Acropolis it was well worth it. The ruins were simply majestic and you could look out over Athens and see the entire city. It was very windy at the top and there are stray dogs sleeping everywhere in the shade. We explored the rest of the Acropolis, taking all the trails and going into the caves. Then we headed to another site and saw more ruins and a museum. We had dinner at a cafe right around the corner then we drive back to our campsite just 20km south of Patras, listening to music and enjoying the beautiful Greek sunset. When we got back it was getting dark, but we all decided to go for a dip in the ocean before bed.

This morning Troy and Liam were getting ready to take the rental car back to Patras and Jenny and I were going to sleep in but I awoke to Jenny screaming! She had woken up to a rather large centipede crawling up her thigh! She jumped out of her tent and Liam got the bug and killed it. After that she was pretty freaked out. Troy and Liam left to take the car back and Jenny and I had some breakfast. When Troy and Liam got back we all went down to the beach. We decided to explore a new beach but didn´t find anything great. We finally just sat our stuff down and jumped in the water. We floated around and goofed for a bit but it was such a hot day that we decided not to stay long. Tonight we are going to make Pesto for dinner because our new friend Jacky is leaving tomorrow and he gave us his basil plant.