R.I.P. kindle...damn pickpockets. Ah well, if I had to lose something at least it was the kindle, and I still have a kindle app on my itouch. Ironically the thing I'm not letting go is all my scrap booking stuff, ticket stubs and acropolis postcards were in the kindle case so I lost those too! Ok, so the chances of me actually scrap booking were slim to none, but still! And they were such pretty postcards! Well, I've wanted a new kindle for a while now, looks lik...

Ended today with a hike up Lykovittos Hill. It's the tiger thing, I can't seem to let the highest vantage point go. The views pretty amazing from the top though.

Ok, Acropolis Museum it was (the weathers not its usual sunny self here today) and it KILLS me that I have no photos of it! The camera nazis' were everywhere! I ended up buying 4 postcards of my favorite sculptures instead. The museum itself was beautiful, 3 levels completely open, with glass and pale walls, with the pieces of sculpture arranged in a timeline. Made the Acropolis and Parthenon make a lot more sense with all the background filled in.

Arrived in Athens last night and pretty much laid low, exploring my immediate area and finding a restraunt with delicious food called Mani Mani - yummy meatballs, traditional pasta and a dessert that was orangey and yogurty and just damn delicious. Today up bright and early to beat the crowds at the Acropolis, which was a good good thing as by 10am it felt like a crush! Then off to some other historical sites and the flea market before having progress halted by a...