Its a hard knock life for us.... When I last wrote I spoke of my desire to reach the Athens airport and how much I was looking forward to my overnight in the "Athens Hilton." I must say that the Athens Hilton was very kind to me and I was quite refreshed after my time spent there. Or not. When I arrived at the airport ohhh around 8-9 pm, my first thought was to seek out my bed for the night. I walked up and down the airport looking for what I would...

Onwards to the birthplace of Democracy, Socrates.....and toga parties On my flight to Athens I began to think to myself, what was I hoping for on the next leg of my trip? Rome was an awesome city, beautiful in many ways and I likely could have stayed over a week there easily if I had the time and money. But I didn't, so Athens it was. I did however, find that I had a bit of a boring time in Rome to be honest. While the city itself was great, I felt that I neede...