Across the pond and on to the Acropolis

<TITLE> Across the pond and on to the Acropolis </TITLE>
<THEME> TravelGreece
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Because of bumpiness, the bathroom sign was illuminated the next morning
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as they brought our breakfast
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though Ben slept through
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until we got to Belgium
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and took the obligatory phone booth picture
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before entering the customs zone
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and on the other side getting drinks
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with which to celebrate Suzanne's birthday
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at this cost
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before heading to the cafe to get a salad 
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and sandwich
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or two
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while Jane enjoyed her waffle
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before we made our way to the Olympic gate
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and as the flight was going I took these scenes from out the window (because I had that setting on my camera)
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since Greece was in our immediate future
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as Ben
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and Jane slept
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even as the food
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came but as the cartoons played
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Ben slept
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even as we flew through cloud formations
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observed the signage
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through another airplane photo
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and eventually made our way down to the ground and to baggage claim where we learned about 51,808 words of Greek.
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Next thing we knew, we were at the hotel looking at the view of the Acropolis and Parthenon from our balcony
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and exploring our room
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and elegant bathroom
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and the beds in the kids room next door.
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even as we had our first Loutraki water
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as I recorded the bathroom door
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and set Jane free to take her pictures of our environment
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including Ben
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me
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and herself in these self portraits
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plus the welcome screen.
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After a picture of Jane with appropriate backdrop
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we headed off through the cows of Athens
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past the Subway (in Greek)
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to the place where we were going to have dinner
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and so after registration photos of Jane
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Ben
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Sarah
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Suzanne
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and me
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we began to study the menu
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and order milkshake
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bread
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beer
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tsatseki
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another salad
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a Greek salad
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and another salad
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souvlaki
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pasta
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and still more Greek salad (unfortunately our eyes were bigger than our stomachs or perhaps we were trying to follow the Greek tradition of leaving much of our food).
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On the way back home, we took the obligatory phone booth pictures which created frustration with the Greek system of phone cards and their technical difficulties
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as Jane and Ben watched in amusement though all of couldn't wait for a good night's sleep.
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