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Hey everyone - we made it to Delphi! We're all a lot more awake now - though Cat still thinks there's something wrong with her ears.

We've done so much since I last wrote. Cat kept trying to find a computer that would let us play with USB ports, but we never found one. Seems we have to update without it. It means no photos though.

Cat's now really good at navigating through Athens - except we left Athens. Cat left some clothes in Athens - whoops. Good thing we're going back to the same hotel.

We saw all the must-sees in Athens. Caitlin was the first to do her presentation - and let me tell you, it was a surprise to her. Wait, let me go back, or we'll miss an important part of the story.

Thursday, they got orientation lessons (north, south, east, west). They had some free time, so Cat and her friend Regina went to see this really big arch made by this Emperor dude. Cat took our picture with it - isn't it very impressive? They also wandered in these gardens. We got our picture taken on a random piece of marble there.

Later, they went out to dinner. Pigs and Cows were not invited. Discrimination. Anyway, there was lots of wine. Cat had a little, but Cat's not stupid, so she nursed her two glasses and stopped. Other people were stupid. A few were terminally stupid. They didn't get back until way late, unlike Cat, who was asleep by 11:45.

So a huge bunch of the group hauls themselves out of bed with hangovers on the day we're supposed to see all the awesome stuff on the Acropolis. Stupids. They complained a lot. Like, more than me, and that's hard to do.

Anyway, back to Cat and her presentation. She thought she was going later in the trip but Friday morning the Professor-types were like "And we have two presentations today, first Bob, then Caitlin!" So Cat was like, oh no, and dragged out her paper and started aggressively underlining. Then we got our tour guide, and she was like, you have to check backpacks on the Acropolis, which meant we couldn't go to the top. This distracted me so much, that next thing I knew, we were in this big theater thing at the bottom of the big hill thing that the Acropolis is on, and Cat was talking. I kept asking Snibbly what was going on, but he kept telling me to shut up. Anyway, it was about theater and this really dead guy, so I checked out the view instead. They had one of the crummier throne-seats open to be sat on, and Cat took our picture there. Pretend you can see it.

Then they walked up the hill, and saw another theater thing (Snibbly was muttering something about "Romans," but that's stupid, we're in Greece). It had scaffolding and stuff around it, which meant no climbing on it, and it was a really busy area, so no pictures.

Next, we got checked and had to stick around the cloak room while Cat went to see the Acropolis. LAME!!! We could see the Acropolis from EVERYWHERE, but we couldn't go up because we were in a backpack. Total discrimination.

We got picked up in time to see this big slippery hill thing where old dead guys would meet to make decisions like a jury or something. Anyway, it had a nice view of the city, so Cat took our picture. Pretend you can see it. Isn't it pretty? Athens is a pretty city.

Then we saw the marketplace thing - it was a bunch of piles of rocks. Cat wished she wasn't so hot and tired, cos she would have explored more, but as it was, she stuck to the shade. Then we went up to this really awesome temple that still had its roof. It was like for the god of fire or something - it didn't matter - the point was it was mostly still complete. We got our picture taken with that too. See?!?!

That was the end of the day - thankfully. Saturday, they saw what might have been this annoying philosopher's prison cell, but probably wasn't, but there was a great view of the Acropolis from the top of it. So Cat took our picture with the Acropolis in the background, which isn't the same thing as having your picture taken ON the Acropolis, but it still is a really cool picture. That's why I changed our main photo to it - RIGHT?!

Then they went to a really old cemetery. Cat liked it a lot. So did Snibbly and I. Well, Snibbly likes everything here. Anyway, they had a museum with a lot of pottery and stuff in it. I thought it was lame, Cat thought it was cool. But in the last room, there was a bunch of figurines. And among them was no other than an ancient version of pig and cow! It rocked my little cow socks. Even Snibbly was amused. And that's like nearly impossible. So Cat took pictures of them to prove that we saw them. Aren't they awesome?

That afternoon, Cat was going to do stuff, but she fell asleep instead. That evening, they walked up a really big hill to see the sunset, except they missed the sunset, Cat's asthma was bad, she was still real tired, and it was really crowded. It made Cat not happy. Plus, it was too dark to take good pictures. Lame.

Yesterday, Cat went to this massive museum. Only Snibbly went, since I think museums are boring. You'll have to ask him what they saw. She came back and took us both to see a big temple (Snibbly said something about Romans again - what an idiot) and then we saw the changing of the guard at the parliament building. We didn't take pictures with them like a bunch of the tourists. Cat said she felt bad for the guards and that she was "trying to strive for some class." Whatever that means. They had funny pompoms on their shoes, and pretty embroidery on their tunics. Then we went to this Roman (apparently everyone's stupid) forum. That was cool because we could climb over it. Cat took a few pictures of us there. Cat took a nap again and then had a really nice dinner. Then she packed (except for the stuff she forgot).

Today, they got up early and left in a bus. They stopped at another place, a big field outside of Athens where there was a battle or something, but we couldn't get in 'cos all the tourist traps are closed on Mondays in Greece. So we piled on the bus and came here. Cat did some laundry and she scoped out this computer place for me.

Phew! So that's Greece so far. I'm sure Snibbly would have something to say, if he wasn't napping. He'll just have to say it later. I said all the important things anyway. I'm glad you all liked our photos.