So our last full day in Greece began with a few of us getting up and going on a tour of the meat and seafood markets. (The rest slept in this morning). We go to see some crazy stuff while in these markets. We also went through the fruit and vegetable market area...and I bought a kilo of golden raisins, a kilo of pistachios, and a 1/4 kilo of cranberries...all were DELICIOUS! I took them home with me.
We then went to the flea market area again for a little while. After that we met up with the rest of our group and
hopped a bus to Sounion, Greece (about an hour outside of Athens on the coast). It was beautiful! Everyone loved the drive there and back because it was such a great view of the coastline.We went to Sounion to visit the Temple of Poseidon, which literally hung over the Aegean Sea on a cliff. It was an amazing view. It was the last chance for some good photo opts.
We headed back to Athens, freshened up for a couple of hours and then headed out to our last meal in Greece. The food was good, but we felt we didn't get enough to eat (EF set this meal up.)
But the entertainment was lots of fun. It was traditional Greek dancing from the different parts of Greece. It included audience participation, and the kids loved it and had a great time. (Most of the adults, including yours truly made it to the stage as well to break a few plates
and make a few kicks...I was lucky I didn't pull anything!)The next morning began our journey home, with a good flight out of Athens to New York. Then we had a delay in New York due to crazy weather in Atlanta. Many in our group were sure we wouldn't make our connection from Atlanta to Nashville (the last flight out of Atlanta that night), but my charmed life came through again and after a "Home Alone" run through the Atlanta airport...we made our flight and arrived home in Nashville just a handful of minutes later than planned.
The group was fantastic on this trip, and all of them are welcome to travel with me in the future!
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