Athens... the land of kisses and beauty!

I am in Athens Greece right now and it is beautiful! We went to see the Acrpolois yesterday and my mom took a piece of marble from the ground... very sneaky. It was surreal to see such ancient pieces of architecture with my own eyes, not in a text book.

Greece is warm, it was 28 degrees today. The greek salad, tzatiki and souvlaki is all amazing. I kissed my jewler today. I asked him for a discount on this great necklace (I paid a lot of money for it, but they all tell me it'll be worth it). anyways, I asked for a discount and he said if I give him 2 kisses on the cheek, so I did.

I also kissed a man that was sitting outside the restaurant my mom and I spent quite some time looking for. After many wrong turns and lots of directions given to us by the locals, we found it, so I asked him if this was the place and he said yes, and I kissed him. He told me that he'd sing me a song... turns out he was in the band that played the whole night, and he played classical guitar and sang with 2 other men (one played the bazooki). He was smiling away at me and my mom as he sang... he was charming.

We sat under an orange tree and ate traditional greek food while drinking red wine and clapping away to the music. The greeks danced and a few yelled out "Oppa"! A waiter brought me some flowers that he picked (I kissed him on the cheeks too). The table in front of us bought us a bottle of red wine and I got one of their phone numbers and e mail address too. I think i will call him when I return to Athens next week. Tomorrow we fly out to Crete (one of the islands).

We have shopped like crazy. Bought some jewlery and a few other things too. I can see the ocean from here, can't wait to go swim in it. The Acropolis sits high up on the top of a big hill and it is most beautifully lit up at night. I can see it from the block that my hotel is on... I love Greece! More later!

Love, Amie