Getting all caught up...

Hey everyone! Sorry it has been so long since we have written, but we have been going nonstop. Everyone loved Crete more than anything, for it was beautiful, educational, full of culture and hospitality, and all around amazing. We saw Heidi's house and ate dinner in her village, climbed another mountain, discovered a temple on said mountain, and ate fantastic gelato. We were all devastated to leave Crete, but our last day we explored a Venetian fortress and then baked on the beach until it was time to board the ferry for Athens.

Athens was lovely, as it was when we left it last, and the Acropolis was as amazing as promised. We climbed to the top and saw the Parthenon and other temples, learning how to identify the different orders of columns and the stories on the friezes. We all sat down and wrote down ten things that we had learned from that day and I am sure we could all name many more than just ten. We saw the Acropolis Museum, with the rightly returned Elgin Marbles, and ended the day with another lovely dinner.

Now we are exploring the mainland, looking at the Mycenaean tombs today. We ended up going in a few, but pictures speak louder than words, so here is a photo journal of our trip :)