It's all Greek to me!

Oh, look, A PICTURE! It's Emily looking all traveller-ish at the London airport! Unfortunately this is the only picture I was able to upload. BTW, this picture finally showed up when I was about to sign off, so the rest of this blog is written as if there is not a picture at the top.

What did the snail say when he caught a ride on the turtle's back? "WEEEEE!!!"

So one day, there was a turtle strolling across the street. He was robbed by two snails. When the police asked what happened, the turtle said, "I don't know... it all happened so fast!"

I entered these jokes, because I keep thinking of them as I try to use this crazy Greek computer...I think you may have to wait even longer to see pictures. After three failed attempts and waiting for another 15 minutes on the fourth, I think I'm giving up for the day. But I cannot leave you wondering where we are and what we are up to! Well, apart from the incredibly slow internet connection, Emily and I LOVE Athens and are having a wonderful time!!

So after today I feel much more adept about travelling in a foreign country. We took the metro all over the place and meandered around some really cool Athenian streets. Luckily, our native language is like the most convenient language in the world, so we can still communicate with most people. And I am hard at work trying to learn Greek! Ok, so it's pretty slow going. But I've figured out a few letters of their alphabet and can say "hi," "thank you," and "I'm going to eat you." (Christella taught me the last one.)

But, despite my poor Greek skills, we are still having a total BLAST! We visite the Acropolis and saw all kinds of reeeally old stuff. I can't imagine how beautiful it must have been way back when! We were continually amazed at how big and amazing everthing was... and so historical! We sat one big, old rock for a while. Yeah, we may have rocks in Texas, but PAUL (yes, as in Paul from the Bible) taught abuot Jesus on this rock! We saw all the old stuff, but the present Athens is pretty awesome, too! The top of the Acropolis gave us a great view of the whole city--a big expanse of shimmering whiteness nestled in the valley. Seriously... when the sun came out, it sparkled.

I mean, hiking a big hill in the middle of town and seeing some old broken down buildings... it can't get much better than that!

We also went to the big flea market in the middle of town and ate a real Greek gyro... mmm... goodness. I've have pictures of all of this, but you, the reader will have to remain in suspense for a bit longer.

Well, I'm going to bed... it's one am our time!

More details and (hopefully) pictures to come!

-cham