Melina, her friend Karam and I took a road trip down to the tip of Attica peninsula, to Cape Sounio. What was there you might be asking?? Have you ever wondered what temple is in that picture at the top of my blog?!
THE TEMPLE OF POSEIDON!
What a way to spend your last full day in Greece:
Wonderful company, an amazing temple, and a fantastic time...! POLI ZESTY MERA.. very (very very very) hot day, though. Oh well, who cares!?
The drive to and from Sounio is GORGEOUS! We took the coastal road and 'Oh, my God, I can't believe it!' It felt like I was in a California movie where the people drive by the sea ---- But I was GREECE. Who got the better end of that stick... HAHA!
Karam is pretty cool --- and funny. I spoke the Greek that I knew which entailed having 2 black and white cats and 1 black cat with TWO green eyes. He got a kick out of that!
When we reached the Temple, I was in total awe. It is not as preserved as the Parthenon, but so much more than say, the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, or of Zeus at Olympia --- FO SHO!
We walked around it, took a bunch of pictures... yes, I was picture happy here too.
We got a kick out of figuring what what kind of birds were clucking and strutting their stuff around and ON the temple.
Melina suggested that we roast one for dinner. Ah, ha!! Kotopulo for dinner? BUENO!
We walked around by the site where it is basically CLIFFS! I was right at the edge and next thing I knew, Karam pokes me, I turn around and he's saying, "please! please! come!" AHA. He was waving me over -- AWAY from the edge. AHA. I told him "Dont worry! Stop! Stamata!"
I think I gave him a heart attack...!
We drove back towards Athens, but stopped outside of Sounio for a swim. Oh Thee MU --- the water was AMAZING. It was so WARM! We stayed there for an hour or so. It was so nice, none of us wanted to go --- until my foot started cramping. UGH.
The sea was so calm and when Melina was doing laps further out, Karam and I stayed a little behind and he's hilarious. He knows English --- he gets his point across and the thing is, bless his heart, when the words come out, you know what he's trying to say, but sometimes, it comes out wrong and it becomes the funniest thing ever.
Melina came back to join us and she asked, "What did he say?"
HAHA
"Then skero!" "I don't know!"
After our swim, we decided to head back into the city and go for dinner at a taverna. The region near Sounio is absolutely beautiful. The are huge hills in the background where houses have been built and it is so PRASINO! Green! It's such a difference from downtown Athens... *sigh*
TI OMORFI MERA my Homeslices!
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