Today is our final day in Athens. Tomorrow we go on a cruise in the Saronic Gulf (Egina, Hydra and Poros). While everyone is excited, they have just realized that we'll need to be up and out by 7AM, so we'll have breakfast checkin at 6:30. There is a bus ride to the Piraeus, so people can sleep a bit, but then we'll be on the cruise until 7PM.
Today we visited the Agora where Dr. Hartnett read from Plato's Apology and Mr. O'Donnell talked about Athenian democracy and ostracism. Before we climbed the Areopagus, Rev. LaMacchia talked to the group about St. Paul's time in Athens. We also visited the Stadium and Ms. McCann talked about the ancient and modern Olympics. We had lunch and had some free time in Plaka after watching the changing of the guard at the Parliament Building.
This afternoon, we had a rest before the trip out to the new Olympic Stadium for a soccer game tonight. I don't know much about Greek soccer, but everyone is very excited. I'll let you know tomorrow afternoon how the trip went.
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