{Day 10. Home...oh wait, Athens, Greece again}

We woke up on Day 10 ready to come home.  NOT HAPPENING!  Air traffic controllers went on strike until noon.  Our flight was leaving at 11:30am.  Now normally being stuck on vacation is a dream come true.  Not here.  It is pretty unsettling being stuck in a different country that is having problems with no way out.

We made the best of it and walked around.  All of the sites were closed due to the strike.

As we were walking someone told us not to walk much further because a huge group of people were gathering to protest.  So what did we do? Kept walking of course!  We had to see this!

The Olympic stadium was closed but most of it you could see from the gate.



A perfect example of how crowded it was and how they have NO laws!  The motorcyle just jumping over the curb.  And why do you think they have those yellow cement balls?  So cars won't do the same thing!



We found our comfort food!

What an adventure!  We had an amazing time!  We are now world travelers and can't wait to figure out where to go next!

{Day 9. Athens, Greece}

Our last day was spent in Athens, Greece.  Or as our guide called it, "concrete jungle"  Every square foot of this place has a building.  It is SO crowded.  And they didn't take into consideration that people would want cars so there is no parking.  Oh wait, yes, they park in the street, on the sidewalks or pretty much anywhere they feel like it.  In America usually cars will look for pedestrians.  Not here.  If you want to cross the street and be alive you better RUN!  It is a game of frogger.

Greece is going through some major problems.  They are pretty much broke and the government is making hard working people pay more money in taxes.  The rich don't pay taxes, they find ways to hide it.  That makes these hard working people VERY angry and in return decided to go on strike.  Sanitation workers were one of them.  So what do you do with the garbage?  Just throw it on the street of course.  It was a very nasty, stinky place.  Garbage on every corner.

Our first stop was the Acropolis museum.  We were lucky it was open due to the strike.  They built this museum around the ruins and made glass floors so you could see them excavating it.  pretty cool.

Athens pretty much worship Owls.  My kind of place :)

Another view of the "concrete jungle"