Day 14 Cape Sounion

Today my alarm went off at 6:00am. "Wake up & write my paper? Or sleep, miss out on the Cape Sounion day trip, and stay at the hotel to finish the paper?" I fought the urge to keep sleeping and decided I wasn't gonna procrastinate any longer. Then I feel back asleep. "No Jenna, wake up and just write the essay! You can't miss the Temple of Poseidon and the beach!" Finally around 8:00 after fighting with my alarm and myself for 2 hours, I sat up and opened my laptop. I had to remind myself this isn't just a cool vacation- this is school and all the fun also requires some homework. Tummy growled right around the time the roomies woke up so off to breakfast we went, paper still unfinished. Estimated time of departure was 10am and there was still the tasks of getting ready & packing a bag with swim suit, towel, camera, snacks. Time to go. Well good thing I have a BlackBerry with Word To Go and email access. Proud to say I finished my essay waiting at a bus stop before even leaving Glyfada. Only the editing process was left to complete on the ride there. Standing room only. Smelly men. Twisting roads. Scary cliffs. Car sickness. Beautiful views of the clear blue water hitting the continuous walls of rocks. And a finished paper! Yay!

The Temple of Poseidon was awesome! But I totally missed the story about Lord Byron's etch in the column. Glad other people got pics of that. Afraid of falling off the side of the mountain while taking pics. Was such a mother telling everybody to "be careful! don't get too close to the edge sweetie!" Amazing views. Got some awesome photos. Climbed down the mountain to the beach. Layed out. Forgot iPod and book. Got more freckles. Sunglasses tan line. Cheap 2€ Coca-Cola. Great view of the big rock island, boats, and gorgeous blue water. Thigh-deep in the cold water. Fish that scared Kelsey. Nice little nap. Hitch-hiking. "BUNS" graffiti. Waiting for a bus we wern't sure was actually coming. Sacrificing someone to flag down the Sunset-colored-rainbow-stripped bus. Sharing iPod headphones. Good music. More great views.

Back in Home Sweet Glyfada. Out of €. Oops! Everybody's hungry. New Deli aka "Waffle House" for an early dinner- toasted wheat turkey & cheese sandwich and another white chocolate & strawberry crepe (my 3rd one on the trip). Roomie Kesley tried a waffle w/ milk chocolate & strawberries. Stop at the ATM on the way back to the hotel for more €. Back at the hotel- another wedding! Hot & Cold shower (my new favorite). Then watched wedding activities from balcony- creeper. Resting and trying to find some movies to watch tonight! Going to bed early- so sleepy! Fun and tiring day at Cape Sounion!

Poseidon's Temple

gorgeous

beautiful

roomies

interesting choice of colors for a bus

sunset-rainbow