Monday, June 25, 2012

Cruise Day 4: Athens, Greece!

This was our favorite day of the cruise! We were both pretty excited about seeing Athens, and I was especially excited about seeing the Acropolis and the Parthenon because it's part of the curriculum I teach my third graders (okay, and because I'm a nerd).

This picture makes me laugh. I feel like it looks like we're out late dancing in one of the clubs on the ship, when actually we were a tad over eager to get the day started- so we were up, ready, had breakfast, and were at the stairs ready to leave by 6:45... haha, quite the opposite of a late-night dance party. Oh, and the gate wasn't even ready yet so we had to wait at the top of the stairs while they got the exit ramps set up. WE ARE OLD.

Making our way to the train station!


At the base of the Acropolis. I'm trying to point to the Parthenon in the top left corner.


Making the climb to the top- which was actually much easier than it looked from the bottom!







The entry to the Acopolis!















So pretty!




The flag of Greece- if only there was a breeze...





An Olive Tree!

The Acropolis Museum


The floor was over ancient ruins. Very cool!


Now I'm forgetting who this temple was built for, but we walked here after the museum.

The architecture is really incredible- and HUGE!

The Parthenon is through the archway in the back middle- I'm trying to point to it, but I'm a little small in this picture. :)

Back on the boat, we enjoyed another Johnny Rockets lunch and some long pool time before heading to our 9:00 dinner reservation. Our regular dinner time was 6:00, so it was nice to have more time to relax this day.


That day's view from our lunch spot. Beautiful!





For dinner that night, we ate at Portofino's, one of the specialty restaurants. This was the Italian themed restaurant. I could have eaten an entire bucketful of their minestrone soup. YUM! Everything was SO good! And the view was so pretty!


4 comments:

  1. ahhh, i could look at these pictures all morning. SO many beautiful, breathtaking ones.
    your view at dinner was so pretty!!
    i love the photo of you and matt after your late night "dance party." LOL too cute with the story behind it.

    love your red and white dress...adorable!!

    i hope you and matt are having a wonderful week!!
    xoxoxo
    maria <3

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  2. Beautiful photos and what an amazing table you had for dinner!

    Alison
    x

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  3. Heather, these pictures are incredible. From the inner-nerd in me, it had to be so special to actually stand in one of the most historic places that you do get to teach young children about. I can only imagine how amazing it was when it was all there- in person. Clearly adding to the amazingness was spending it with your husband. ;)

    Happy seeing beautiful!

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  4. I finally got around to seeing your pictures from the cruise...absolutely beautiful! I hope you had a blast. And now I am really hungry. Hope to see y'all soon!

    Angela

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