The lovely city of Itea. We stopped here for lunch one day. The Greeks were having a festival for Mardi Gras so a few of our group danced with them and they offered us bread and cheese. It was pretty cool.
A view of the town of Kalambaka from the Meteora Monastery. The roads up here were terrifying, especially considering we were on a huge coach bus. Worth it though. Maybe.
A view of Athens from the Acropolis. Pretty.
A shot of Delphi. Funny story about the Oracles: there is a natural gas leak there so that is why they hallucinated and were able to 'predict the future.'
Another shot of Delphi, with some guy in it.
Helmets used by ancient Greek warriors. Imagine those in 100 degree heat and you wonder how they ever died from each other.
Drink and drink and still never feel satisfied.
Shot of the Parthenon.
At the Athens archaeological museum. This is a very famous statue of either Zeus or Poseiden. Check out how long the arms are.
They had recently privatized the university system in Greece. These students were not happy. Luckily we got out before they really started rioting.
Riot police keeping all those troublemakers in line. Once again, we were lucky to get home before the teargas started flying.
At the Greek War Museum. They stole this tank from Bulgaria. I didn't want to tell them that if you have to steal from the Bulgarian army, your own probably isn't doing too well.
Another shot of the Acropolis. The weather was beautiful (unlike everywhere else in Greece which was cold and windy).
Me at the Acropolis.
Another one of me at the Acropolis. I wasn't actually listening to my iPod. Our tour leaders had a microphone so we could listen from a distance away.
Rachel and I at the Acropolis.
A horse and rider in Athens. Our Art History Prof worked on this when she was a student. Cool.
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