TGIF!!!

What a great day we had! It was a full day with lots of walking, stair climbing, and lots of smiling for pictures. We started off the day with a tour of the Acropolis which included the Parthenon (as pictured in the last post), Mars Hill, and the Propylaea. Much renovation is being done there. The walkways are mostly marble which makes for a slippery walk. It is so amazing to think that people walked those same routes back in the days of Jesus. At Mars Hill, we saw a few sisters reading from the Bible what Paul spoke there. By the end of our touring that area, our shoes were super dirty with a white dust. Again, it reminded us of when the Bible refers to washing feet after a walk.

We continued our walk into Plaka where we saw more ruins. Then we ate lunch at Restaurant Hermion. There were probably a couple hundred Witnesses there eating under the large canopy. Our meal came in 5 courses. Everything was super delicious. I tried a couple types of olives and didn't care for them. I figured I had to try them since I am in Greece.

Then finally we walked to our bus. From there, we went for a tour of the Greece Bethel. It is a small facility. No printing is done there. There are 66 members of the Bethel family.

We had dinner at a restaurant called Vissilli's. Everyone eats there. It is quite the hang out. I had delicious chicken gyro. Ben had the sis-kabobs. Interestingly, his meal was not served on skewers.

We are making good friends. Our bus group (#65) is fun and cooperative. Ben is being a good bus captain. We've inherited 3 more on out bus for Friday and Saturday because their bus group is having travelling problems and therefore not set to arrive here in Greece until today. One bus group's luggage arrived 2 days after they did. :( One sister had her purse stolen here at the hotel. A man came up and distracted her while his partner went behind and took her purse.

Blog ya later!