Tonight we are in the Students Inn in Athens, where the motto is "oh, to be young again"...probably be/c once you're older you wouldn't stay here be/c lack of AC or the "conditions". After last nights' hostel, this one is looking 5 star. SKETCH is the only way to describe our last night in Madrid. You'd think that you'd have to tell the ppl staying there that the building is condemned. yikes!! (I wouldn't mention the flower sheets, lime green comforters, or the moldy shower curtain :-/)

We flew on about a 4.5 hr flight today that went smoothly, except for one momento when I was pretty sure we'd drop right out of the sky...new pilot maybe? Then we loaded a bus to downtown Athens on which I sweated like I've never sweated before. We arrived at our hostel, which is in a great location, especially when last night on the way "home" we saw a homeless man dead in the street- his false teeth were broken on the ground and good Samaritans were calling for help (later we heard the ambulance comin).

Tonight we got ourselves oriented with the city and happened by some random old columns (ah, not too random since it happeded they marked where the first Olympics were),  and we hiked up to the Acropolis (please excuse any butchering of words misspelled) and saw the most BEAUTIFUL sunset with the Acropolis behind us. Very surreal. And it def put Greece on the Top 5 list of things I've seen in my life- coming close, if not surpassing the E. Tower and Venice- jump back!)

Tomorrow we are taking a bus to Corinth for the day, and Sunday we are hitting up a HUGE Market- apparently it's the shiz.

Sorry not a longer narrative but people are waiting for the computer in this lovely "oh to be young again" place.

love.