Visited the ruins of Corinth today. Repetitive in a sense, but still interesting. I can’t help but feel like Indiana Jones or like I’m in the Mummy when I’m around the ruins. Had a meat stick for lunch called Souvlaki, which was about 1.20 € per stick. From then on we drove to Athens. Dogs also followed us around Corinth and again in Athens. They must be able to smell that we’re Americans, they practically come in packs. Some are racist as well, I saw one bark only at a black and then an Indian guy, but not us.
Went to the National Archaeological Museum once we got in Athens. We also got to see Eva pull rank on the “security” (really just casually dressed people who sit in each room). She has a pass from the Greek Ministry allowing her to be a tour guide and one lady tried to get her to stop. Eva wasn’t having it though and the lady apologized. Hilarious. The museum also rushed us due to their “winter” hours (24°C outside mind you). Eva called the a guy by the door out on this as online the museum wasn’t supposed to close before 3 PM. His response: “Probably not myself, maybe the internet people.”
With the afternoon free, most of us toured the shops on the Plaka (the only nice place in Athens according to Jim).
Walking around at night we saw all the black guys (no other races were selling anything) selling their fake watches or Louis Vuitton bags on the streets outside of major shops. It’s funny because they carry everything in garbage bags so when they walk around in packs it looks like a protest or a hobo convention. At least the shops here close at 9 and not at 7 like Vienna. There is life at night here. At the first sign of the cops though, the salesmen pack up and move to a new site.
Athens is like the grimy side of New York without the skyscrapers in the distance.
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