Greece

Over spring break Eric and I went on a cruise to Greece. We were flying standby so we had to fly to Budapest. Then from Budapest we took a train to Slovakia. We stayed in Slovakia and hung with our friends the Nemcokovci. Miso then drove us to Austria (An hour drive from Bratislava). We caught a flight in Vienna and then finally made it to Greece.


What am I thinking? (Budapest, Hungary)


We were only in Budapest for a few hours. We walked in the rain all over town just to see the sights.

Day 1
We were suddenly awakened military style on the ship. We had to put on a life vest and go out on deck as mock drill.


Kiato, Greece

We landed in Kiato. We decided to venture out of town and not pay for the tour. We got lost in town and finally found the bus station. We made it to Corinth. Corinth is the same place that Paul went and the people did not listen to him. The people have not changed they were not very nice, so we shopped around town and left. We were so tired that we decided to put our feet in the water. It was cold but it felt nice.


Day 2 (Tagen's 28th Birthday)


We landed in Vathy, Ithaki. What a beautiful place to be for my birthday. This Island was home to olive trees and lots of goats and sheep.



We got lost on this very small island and found the cutest little town. We ate some fabulous food and had a great time.



We then found the road we needed to be on and hiked about 6 miles to a fountain that was used by sailors back in the day. The view at the top of this island was amazing. At the top we felt like we were the only people up there.



Day 3 (Olympia)
We landed in Patras and took a bus to Olympia. This is the home of the Olympics. The Olympics were done here for over a 1,000 years and were dedicated to Zeus.



This is where they light the Olympic torch. Not much but they light the torch here every 2 years. We just missed them lighting the torch by two days.


This is the entrance to the Olympic stadium.


Eric was so super excited about this place that he wore his Olympic shirt. He wanted a picture of him running on the track with his Slovak Olympic team shirt.


We got in a lot of trouble for this picture. If you notice we are standing on a 1,000 year old artifact. We had no idea that we would get into trouble until some lady started blowing a whistle at us. Oh well at least we got a good picture.


Wow, what a really cool place. I am so glad I had the chance to go to the birth place of the Olympics. The trees were blossoming and the wild flowers were out, here is a great picture of the wildflowers.


After our tour of the Olympic stadium. Eric and I wanted to check out the town our ship was ported at. So we hiked these really steep stairs and saw this great view.


Day 4 Itea (for Delphi)


This place by far was Eric and I's favorite place in Greece. It had the most amazing view. It was high in the mountains with a view down into the valley filled with olive trees. It just rained so it smelled wonderful.

Ampatheater with a view. How would you like to watch a concert here?


Doing the running man at the stadium.


Day 5

We woke up really early because we were going through the Corinth Canal. Most cruise ships are too big to go through, but we were lucky enough because our ship was small.


Aegina Island
When we got to this island it was non stop raining. I guess it only rains for about a week out of the year in Greece and we got the rainy week. Today, was a cold day but we had fun exploring the island and finding more ancient temples.


Day 6 and 7 (Athens)


The weather was perfect for us in Athens. Eric wanted to wait to go to the Parthenon to avoid crowds. It turned out to be free when we went because the Olympic torch was going through.