Parthenon and Pnyx

I didn't post yesterday because I did nothing of importance really. I slept 11 hours Saturday night and enjoyed every second. I got up Sunday, went out to do some shopping and discovered that everything shuts down on Sundays. Which is nice actually. I went to the bakery and got a loaf of bread for the week and a donut thing that I've been wanting to try and it was so good! I worked on my paper for a couple of hours, took a nap, went to CYA with Bette to finish my paper. Then we went to dinner, the same group of us that went to Aegina to this great taverna in our neighborhood. I got shrimp saganaki and it was delicious.

This morning we headed to the Acropolis again but this time we focused on the Parthenon. We saw somewhat in the shade on the walls surrounding the Acropolis and it was really early and warm and we were listening to presentations and I literally like fell asleep about 15 times. And luckily I wasn't sitting on the very outside ledge because I could have quite easily have fallen off! Like I said earlier, they don't really do safety here.

We then met one of our teachers collegues at the Pnyx because it's his specialty. Bette and I believe she has a crush on him. When we first encountered him it was at the Agora museum and he was standing off to the side while she was lecturing. When she noticed him she immediately stopped what she was saying and completely gazed at him! She got all giggly and "Oh, fancy seeing you here" on us. She called him over and sang his praises and I believe I detected a blush somewhere. It was so cute! He is this tall thin British man that just looks like an archeologist, khaki and all. She even got him a bottle of his favorite vodka to thank him for helping us, I hope something happens!

So the pnyx was cool but I got over it real quick. It was where the Assembly met about once a week to discuss matters of state. The concept is really cool because it is essentially the very birthplace of democracy we were walking on. It's a shame there's not much left of it. So it's basically bits of rock and a flat plane where they would sit all day (sunrise to sunset) and just decide everything. It's actually very cool. It seems sort of like jury duty because they were excused from work and they were compensated at the end of the day.

Tonight we're eating at home and going clubbing for Cary's (this girl in our class) birthday! Tomorrow we're day-tripping to Eleusis!