17th August 2005 - In morning Richard took me shopping for clothes to make me look more like a greek girl and less like a tourist. I feel like a bit of a clown in the new clothes but I notice that other women are wearing similar outfits.
We climbed the acropolis. Richard did not enjoy it. It cost us 12 euro each ($20 Aust). It is not as spectacular as the pictures make it out to be. All the pictures on the postcards do not show the metal bars holding the stones up. Makes you wonder how many more years the poor old thing can stand. The marble and stone steps were very slippery and not surprisingly I had a fall. I'm carrying a bit of extra padding at the moment so it didn't really hurt! ha! At the foot of the acropolis we tried to buy a can of drink. The bloke wanted 2 euro for a can with a suggested selling price of 0.65 cents. So I gave him the f-bomb and said - "that's f#$%ed" and kept walking. They really do try to rip off tourists. Can't take me anywhere! ha!
After Siesta in the afternoon we went to an outdoor cinema on top of one of the buildings and saw Hitch. The outdoor cinemas are much better than ours in Australia.
18th August 2005 - Richard swam at Votsalakia beach in Pireaus (near home) while I sat at the beach bar sipping my peach iced tea. Ahhh this is the life!
Tonight we going via bus to the trendy seaside suburb of Glyfada. Bye for now
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