Day 2 - Athens

Woke up to the glorious sun rise again and like totally rushed down for breakfast.. I LOVE buffet breakfast.. their bread rolls were YUMMY.. so chewy!  Anyway, I was as always.. raring to get going.  Today, we were going to visit the castles and then ancient stadium.

Look at the clear blue waters in the background.. makes you want to jump in doesn't it?

Unfortunately, I don't have many pictures of the castle, as I lost my camera.. so PrincessBling was kind enough to send me some of her pictures.

Castle Gates

It was REALLY hot at the castles.. look at us just cowering in the shaded area of the castle walls.  This castle once held prisoners in TINY rooms, I get claustrophobic just looking at it.. and there was this one guy who was imprisoned wrongly for 7 years!!!  How did he manage in that little hole? (Again, sorry for the lack of pictures)

Bird's Eye View of the City

Look how big Athens is.  Isn't it gorgeous?  Too bad about those graffiti and abandoned building lots.. 

We then moved on the the stadium of ancient times.  It's actually still used to this day for theatrics and performances.  There is this spot in the centre of the stadium stage, where all you have to do is whisper, and it's heard by the entire audience.

Yeah, everyone is glaring at the spot and trying to see if it actually works.. and amazingly.. it does!

Look at just how huge the stadium is!  And we can hear the actors from the very top of that stadium!  Unfortunately.. it's hot, with no shade.. so we rushed through the presentation and sought comfort under the trees!

Back together again... Lovely!  (BTW, I'm taller than PrincessBling.. she happens to be standing on a rock!)