the acropolis & delphi

Hey everyone!
We had a busy weekend. Friday night we went to this Greek restaurant with folk dances. It was a lot of fun. We even got to go up on stage and dance with them which was a little crazy b/c half the restaurant went up. Saturday we visited the Acropolis and saw the Ancient Agora (marketplace), Parthenon, the Erecthium (shared temple of Poseidon and I think Athena), & the oldest theatre in the world - the theatre of Dionysus. We also got to see this one hill/place where the orators used to speak from, and Paul preached from there. It was really awesome knowing I was standing in the same place where Paul used to preach. There was another theatre there, built about 7 centures after the original buildings on the acropolis, where Yanni played, so it was cool seeing that. Sunday we went to Delphi and saw the ruins there. On the way there we stopped at this really cute village and on the way back stopped at this hotel restaurant with an amazing view. Go check out the Picture link because I have a bunch of pictures up now. We did so much walking...I'm going to be in amazing shape by December - at least my legs.
People in Greece eat almost no junk food. Last night I was craving some so I got a little container of this chocolate ice cream with pieces of chocolate, fudge, and brownies in it from the kiosk outside our apartments (there are little kiosks everywhere in Athens...pretty much every block) It was sooo good, but expensive. It was E1.70 for an individual size container. One of my roommates, Amanda, and I were saying we could kill for a Hershey bar. haha.
For all of you worried about how safe it is here, it's incredibly safe. I think the biggest safety hazard here is crossing the street. It's seriously like playing frogger, except you're the frog. We were told to forget about all traffic laws when we got here. The pedestrians definately do NOT have the right of way.
Well, I hope you're all doing well!
Love,
Mary