Your clumsiness is not my problem.

We just arrived today in Athens.  In the past 40 hours I have slept 4.  I. Am. Exhausted.  When we got to the hotel, we all cleaned up and headed out to see the Hill of Muses.  In the words of Kayla, "that was no hill, it was a freaking mountain."  I am going to have some killer leg muscles when I get back if that's how all of our days are.  But, the view from the top was GORGEOUS.  It is located pretty much in the center of Athens (which is huge by the way, Barnes said about 5 million people) and on one side you could see the Acropolis, on another you could see the sea, and on the others you could see houses and buildings reaching to all of the mountains surrounding.  It was totally worth the small workout up.  I am including a picture of all of us on top of the hill with the Acropolis in the background.  Don't mind our appearance, we just spent 18 hours traveling to get here.  After that we went down to the Plaka which is where a lot of the shops are located.  Let me just tell you that the people here drive like they are the only ones on the road.  Most of the streets are only big enough for one car, there are people walking down these streets, and the taxis and vespas still drive like 60 mph down them.  I had to jump out of the way on multiple occasions to avoid being smart car roadkill.  After the Plaka we went to eat at a little restaurant that was a short walk from our hotel.  The meals here come in courses and anything that I walked off earlier today was most likely gained back at dinner.  It was delicious, and the atmosphere was amazing.  We ate outside (the weather is amazing) and drank wine.  We had a good laugh trying to remember the Greek word for "thank you" (still can't remember it).  Then we came back to the hotel and sat on the roof and admired the Acropolis being lit up at night.  Pictures DO NOT do it justice by any means.  I could have stayed up there all night, but my lack of sleep hit me like a wall and I am down for the count.  We are actually touring the Acropolis tomorrow so I need to get some sleep.  Goodnight everyone, or really I guess good afternoon to all you Missourians!

P.S. Lauren and I have decided that all Greek cops are really male models.  Nothing like American cops at all.  Our new mission is to get arrested.  We haven't decided how yet, but it's going to happen.  Kara, I know you specifically told me not to get arrested but is it okay if I then get to bring you a Grecian cop back with me for your birthday?