Thursday morning, I made it to the airport about 10 expecting to catch my parents just after they had gone through customs. Instead, I arrived to hear my voice being paged over the intercom to come to station 6. Mom and Dad were fine; just a little worried about what to do since they had made it through customs in about 15 minutes and had no idea where to go. Two big hugs and some walking later and we made it onto the subway and to their hotel.

     Checked in and out in the city, mom and dad were exhausted. I wore them out with some walking before they had to take a nap and get something to eat. We caught a quick dinner meal, a taxi home, and had them in bed by 10. Friday we made it to the Acropolis museum and the Acropolis hill. I had not been to the museum yet and would say its an absolute must see. It's brand new, only a euro to get in, and contains most of the monuments from the Parthenon. Right: Hill that the Apostle Paul stood atop to preach.

     My parents loved the acropolis hill, were fascinated by the Parthenon and other temples, and then thought it was neat to stand on the hill where the Apostle Paul preached to the Athenians around 50AD. We had a quick nap after that before getting to dinner around 8:30 - it was hard to convince my parents that eating around 10 was normal so we compromised for 8:30. We had live entertainment (see video - the "video" isn't good, but you can hear the sound and see video proof that my parents are actually out of the US) and ate at a place were it was all you can eat for 14 euro. You simply ordered what you wanted, starters, salads, appetizers, main courses, grilled food, etc. and they brought it. It was good to let me parents try some Greek cuisine. Mom really liked the Tzatziki and Dad was a fan of "zucini balls."

      Today we hopped on the tram to the beach for a relaxing day looking at sailboats in the harbor and lounging on the beach. Dad had to use his haggling skills to bargain for a towel on the beach from one of the many wandering vendors which was fun to watch especially since he's been using spanish for some reason to try to speak to the Greeks. I think they're getting along just fine, worried me a bit the first day, but I think that was mostly jet lag. It's awfully nice to see some familiar faces and am very excited to see Rome with them.