Athens

48 hours is Athens, so much to see!  We’re giving it our all.  George Zannos’ travel agent set us up with a nice, budget hotel in the tourist district.  Separate bedrooms (always a treat!) and a rooftop bar looking out on the Acropolis!  We’ve explored ancient ruins and visited the Theatre of Dionysus where the citizens of Athens enjoyed the first plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides.  Pretty cool for a couple of theatre geeks like us.

 The boys have been good (mostly).  Declan has discovered a new love of seafood, and Cal is doing everything he can to get/do/say/eat/go everywhere and everything that Declan does.  The little guy is so tuckered out today that he willingly returned to the hotel room for an afternoon nap.

Tomorrow, we fly to Palermo to begin our 3-week driving tour of Sicily and southern Italy.  Blake has a friend named Guido who runs a travel business in Bethesda.  He adopted our cause and set up a whirlwind tour with a few days each in Rome and Florence, as well as a detailed itinerary thru Sicily – staying in various B&B’s that are run by various relatives and acquaintances.  Our second night there, we will go to a professional Italian league soccer game with his cousin (also named Guido) and family.  Should be fun!