October 20, 2009 - Tuesday – 10:40 am

I just got a converter to charge the computer so I am catching up on our trip. Turns out the converter we brought is only good for Class 2 electronics and not my computer of ITouch.
We arrived in Athens with no problems at all. Still no free WiFi. I may just have to break down and pay the stupid 8,00 Euros for an hour to upload this!
We had a wonderful dinner last night. We were so exhausted that we came very close to just going to bed but we looked at each other and decided we had not come all this way just to sleep. We took showers, got dressed and hit the streets. You go out the hotel door and walk down the street about 2 blocks to the Plaka. I know that is just a big tourist trap but it is a wonderful tourist trap. Several blocks worth of cute shops. You can just amble down the street and see everything! We stopped at a little restaurant and ate in the open air part and had the most wonderful food. Mike had snapper and I had a ‘mixed grill’ plate which mostly vegetables. I don’t know the Greek names for everything I had but there was a stuffed red pepper, some grilled potatoes, grilled eggplant and something resembling lasagna but it appeared to be layers of cheese, meat and potatoes. Whatever it was, it was great. I had decided that we would not eat any salads due to warnings on the internet that raw vegetables were the most likely to cause stomach problems but when I saw the greek salad, that went right out of my head! It was wonderful. The whole atmosphere was enhanced by our waiter who was very excited to have visitors from MISSOURI! Which he announced to all in the restaurant! If I figure out how to add the pictures, you should see a picture of my plate before I ate and another one after I ate and then one of Mike and I with Salvatore (our waiter.)
There actually is a restaurant right on our floor that has a spectacular view of the Acropolis all lit up at night but they were full last night. We have a reservation for tonight and are looking forward to dining on the terrace with that view.
Unfortunately, after we got up and got ready to go down for breakfast this morning, Mike got clammy, flushed and wobbly and then proceeded to be sick (I refuse to blame the snapper!) He is laying down right now while I am typing away. He thinks he feels better now and we are going walking a few blocks away to see Parliament and more. We need to be back by 2:00 to go on our tour to Sounion, which is on the coast, to see the temple of Poseidon overlooking the Aegean Sea.
I still can’t believe we are really here! I’m going to get Mike up now and we’re heading out for some sightseeing. Hope he really is OK!