Kalimera!

That means "Good Morning" in Greek!
So we are now stationed in Athens. Such a cool city, but I must say I could not live here permanently like I felt I could in London. It has so much history and ruins, you can't see them all. I love how the people here have so much pride in their country and pride themselves for staying a stable place of the world for around 7000 years (or maybe more!).
This post will highlight just some of the major things we did in Athens the first couple of days. We went to the Acropolis, with the world famous Parthenon. We also went to Mars Hill, where the Bible says Paul preached to the Athenians about the Unknown God (Acts 17). I think it is so cool I can say I have walked where Jesus (Egypt) & Paul (Greece) have walked! What a connection I can make with my faith!
Our first weekend it was right before the Greek Orthodox's Lent season, so they had a carnival throughout the town. We participated by going into what is called the Plaka and enjoying the festivities. We especially got tuned in with these plastic bats that alot of the people carry around and just hit others with. It was so funny because we would have battles with other big groups like us, mainly little boys. It was a great way to let off some steam after such a stressful move from London to Athens. :-)
Love you all!!! So much more to come, mainly Delphi, Santorini & Corinth (yes, the Corinth as in 1 & 2 Corinthians!!).

The carnival & those crazy kids!
Getting pumped
The carnival by day...so much more peaceful
The park
The Plaka
The Temple of Nike on the Acropolis (1 of the 3 temples on top)

The view!
A shot of the Temple of Zeus from the Acropolis
A bunch of us girls. The background almost looks fake...but it's not!!
Beautiful city of Athens

Me in front of the Parthenon!!!
An ancient theater. We were informed that if we call a half circle theater like this an ampitheater we are not correct. Ampi=circle, so a true ampitheater would be the Colosseum or for those Southern CofC-ers, Moody at ACU ;-)
The Greek Flag!