For those of you confused as to why I told you I'd be in Athens starting the 4th and then didn't see you, it's because I was talking about the less famous Athens. You know, the one in Greece.
My Athens experience started pretty rough as I was confined to my bed with a nasty bought of food poisoning from Cairo. I'm pretty sure it was the lentil soup at the hotel (which is a pity because it wasn't very tasty, if I'm getting food poisoning I at least want it to be worth it (see: last year's food poisoning post(s))). Derek and Camille went exploring, checked up on me regularly, and were very nice to hold off doing any of the big tourist things until the next day. The next morning, despite probably needing to hold off for another day (or at least morning), I was determined to get up and moving...in my first draft of that sentence, I typed running instead of moving, but lets be real, running was wayyyyyy out of the picture. Having not eaten or drunk anything for 36 hours, we went sightseeing.
When you're extremely dehydrated, everything seems like a big blur. Having to catch my breath every 100 meters and avoiding steps like the plague I felt like an old man. And if there are two things that mix well with climbing the acropolis of Greece they are blurred vision and avoiding steps. Derek and Camille were very helpful and supportive every shuffling step of the way.
Maybe it was my physical condition, but everything the first day seemed slightly underwhelming. We saw the acropolis and Parthenon, temple to zeus, parliament and 1896 Olympic stadium, and enjoyed every stop. We gladly found out it was Environment Day in Greece, allowing to visit them all for free! By the end of our 4 hour walking tour I was ready for a nap at 5 in the afternoon. You can imagine my surprise when I awoke at noon the next day.
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