October 2-4 Athens,Greece

It seems like forever ago...
O.k., here is the deal; we have been slackin' a litttle on the blog so we are going to bring y'all back up to speed. We have been in South Africa for the past week, Cairo, Egypt between October 4-8, and Athens before that. So, we know the blog is out of date, but deal with it o.k? LOL... Internet is expensive and can be difficult to find in some areas, and Bangers and Mash are running low on the funds! Hint, Hint... j/k.
Athens was ancient, huge, smoggy( not nearly as bad as Cairo), packed, hot, and oh, yeah, ancient.
Stray cats filling the streets to capacity, but the historical ruins were what we came to experience, and they did not let us down.
A quick overview of what we saw:

• Temple of Olympius Zeus, which is the largest temple in Greece(mainland), and took over 700 years to bulid!!!!! There were once over 100 columns and there are only 15 columns left. It began construction in 6th century BC!!!
• Roman Agora, which was an old market square where philosophers such as Socrates and Plato would converse with the commonfolk about life, sex, beastiality,and philosophy. Still there?
• Acropolis( high city), there are so many ruins and sites here we will just say that it was SSOOOOOOOOO amazing to be there!The Parthenon and the Temple of Athena Nike were some of our favorites, but we won't continue to bore you with Ancient History, which is what Brad's gelato days have become, thank goodness 'cause his addiction was becoming a serious problem( Shannon, I think you may have the same problem? Chocolate fudge brownie? He he he)

We were also lucky enough to watch the changing of the guards, which is slow and painstakingly tedious for the poor young soldiers. The Colosseum was incredible, but we argue that 70,000 people would NOT fit comfortably here, especialy without their precious ancient "Starbucks" he he. We loved Athens, but it can be a bit shady at night, so we suggest not walking around naked with only your Rolex on, in the middle of the night, screaming "I'm so rich and naked I don't know what to do with myself!"Okay? Will write more ( the good stuff about Cairo) tomorrow! Love from the most Greek Godly place on earth- Bangers and Mash