We're in Athens now, doing classwork after visiting the Acropolis this morning. After we returned, we all ate lunch and most of us then took naps. Long naps. I am still sleepy, even though I didn't go out last night. (After the mess that was Rome, I am pretty ready to not go out again; we got accosted by Neo-Nazis, and then I drank too much and then got cornered by a drunk girl on the trip who proceeded to cry at me and require sympathy because people got angry when she made bad decisions and endangered both herself and others.)

We took a boat from Brindisi to Patras and then a bus up to Athens. We stopped in Corinth, at the Canal, which divides the Peloponnesian Peninsula from mainland Greece. Athenians have so far been very nice, but the other tourists get on my nerves, especially today at the Acropolis, where people were pushing each other on the stairs and generally acting inconsiderate. The Acropolis itself is really pretty, other than the herds of tourists. We also went to the New Museum of the Acropolis, which opened about a week ago. We each got in for a euro. There are exhibits for the marbles Elgin stole from Greece: here the Greeks get really upset if you call them the Elgin marbles. In fact, they are still so extremely pissed about the whole situation that they uninvited the British to the opening of the Museum, and asked if our group was British because British visitors wouldn't get the special rate.

I wrote that yesterday, and the internet at the hotel has something against Blogger so I will post it later. For now, I am riding in a train on my way to Thessaloniki, which was, before the Holocaust, a huge center of Greek Judaism. We are spending the night there and then returning to Athens. I asked the hotel reception about booking a room for my extra night, and it's pretty reasonable- in the neighborhood of 68 euro for a single. I would try to split a room with someone, but I am more than ready to sleep alone.