playin' at la playa (or since I'm in Greece: πλαζ)

My stay in Athens has been short but sweet and we're off tomorrow on our next trip down to the Peloponnese. I am super excited about this leg of the journey. We are going to some aMAZing places, including Epidauros (where I'm giving my site report ), Mycenae, and Olympia. One of the best parts is that we will be staying in the town of Nauplion, which is one of my all time favorite places in Greece. There is this great Venetian fortress and a cafe situated on the water. The beaches are beautiful and there is this fabulous gelato place... hands down the best I've ever had. :) I sometimes crave gelato from this very shop, so I can't wait to finally taste some yummy gelato again!

This past week in Athens has been filled with fun travels and lots of walking and standing in the sun. I must say, I don't think I will ever fully catch up on my sleep. Yesterday we went on a day trip to Eleusis (and other sites) which was pretty fun. In Ancient times, the Athenians would walk to this city, but now that the city is built up, it ended up being a little over an hour by bus. There was plenty of napping! :) The sites were really cool, but the real treat was being able to go to the beach on the way back! The water was fantastic after such a long, hot day and a few of us even managed to bring along a good frisbee to toss around. It reminded me of how much I miss Madison (I hope you're winning games, frisbee team!).

I must admit, despite how much we're run ragged with all of the traveling we do, it has been nice coming home every night to a late dinner (8:30PM) and the rest of the evening free. I'm sure gonna miss that while we go on this next trip. But since I've gotten to know a group of the students pretty well, we've been using the free evenings to have some pretty competitive game nights. It's made this trip even more fun. It gets pretty crazy. New time I'll have to give you the inside scoop on my fun new friends.

Well, I'm off to the Peloponnese for the next ten days and I'm not sure how much access I'll have to the internet, but hopefully I'll be able to keep you updated on all of the excitement! :)