Last Day!!!

This is our last day in Greece! I cannot stress enough how glad we are to have ended the trip here, it is definitely in the top two of our favorite places from the trip. The other one? Well you'll just have to wait until we're back and ask us in person to prove we have an IRL friendship.

We saw the ancient sites yesterday, except for the Temple of Zeus, which we are going to see today after the Museum of Musical Instruments and before we visit the Greek Communist Headquarters (KKE). The Acropolis definitely didn't have as big of a punch as the Colosseum, but it was still very interesting. They're in the process of rebuilding/restructuring most of the sites, including the Parthenon, and in all of the places that new marble has replaced a "stolen artifact" (eh hem the Brits), they've put little blue squares about the size of name tag stickers to mark the spot and remind us of how incomplete of a picture we're seeing. Some walls are almost entirely covered in blue stickers, not to mention to empty rooms left in museums ready to be filled with returned "stolen items." The tension is thick, but it makes it that much more interesting.

There was a riot in Syndagma square yesterday, but it's probably more accurate to describe it as a passionate protest/demonstration. Yesterday was The Day of Remembrance of the Genocide of Pontic. I've got to say, the traditional Greek music they blast from the booths is pretty effective... before I even knew what going on, I started feeling really sad. I noticed the music and Jack and I turned around to discover all of the pictures and literature, and people of course. Again, a lot of tension here.

The third night in the dungeon was okay. We got four stinky Irish roommates, and aside from lack of deodorant and the overuse of body spray, they were pretty nice. We also got four additional roommates, 2 girls from California, and an Korean couple that immigrated to Montreal (most confusing French accent I've ever heard). The couple seemed a bit creeped out with us as we have been sleeping almost every time they come home (morning, siesta nap and night)and Jack has been constantly eyeing their cool travel gadgets. Seems we could stand to learn to make better first impressions.

Tomorrow we have a long day of travel, so this may be the last post before we come home. I'll add pictures tonight when I log in from our computer.