November 3
Today
after a run we went to a Christian Science society in Athens. It was all in
Greek, but they kindly gave us a copy of the lesson to follow along with.
Through listening, I found out the word for love is agape.
After
church we had lunch and visited another museum. I was getting worn out of
museums until I found a shipwreck exhibition! The entire exhibition was
artifacts and facts about the Antikythera shipwreck, which happened in 60-50
B.C. The artifacts recovered were so amazing; one of which was “The Mechanism”
which is the earliest preserved portable astronomical calculator. Other
artifacts included statues, glass, and jewelry. My favorite part was watching
the video of scuba divers uncovering the artifacts. It made me secure the fact
that I want to get “wreck certified”. If that wasn’t cool enough we then visited
the first modern day Olympic stadium built in 1896. There, we took pictures on
the original podiums, ran out of the tunnel, and I ran a lap (just to say I did
it).
For
dinner Noelia and I went to Ice and Grill with Dan for dinner and frozen
yogurt. We then met up with four others in Syntagma Square (where the riots
usually happen). From there we walked about 15 minutes to the base of
Philopappos hill. The hike took about 25 minutes. Atop the hill we had an
amazing view of the entire city including the beautifully lit Parthenon atop of
the Acropolis and the original Olympic stadium. The cool breeze and
lights were a perfect way to end another amazing day in Athens.
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