Easter egg hunt

The girls had fun at our neighbors' annual easter egg hunt.

Aegina

I just think it's so cool that you can be driving along in Greece, and all of a sudden you see an ancient temple that was built in 500BC, like this one - the Temple of Aphea. Amazing!

We spent today on the island of Aegina. We spent more time waiting for the bus than anything, but it was very relaxing and picturesque.

We rode the metro across Athens to and from. Christy pointed out this sign - remember Barbara Thompson's talk? "Mind the gap"

I had to sneak this picture in - my neice Natalie (almost 2) trying to copy Christy reading to the preschool children. So cute!

Corinth

We drove (and hiked the rest of the way) up to Acrocornith, the ruins of a Greek fortress:



On our way back down the mountain we had to wait for a herd of sheep to cross the road:




And then on to Ancient Corinth. It was very neat to see the bema (platform) where Paul was accused by the Jews of Corinth:


And the Temple of Apollo:

And the Temple of Octavia:

The Acropolis

I made it up to the Acropolis today. It's a serious hike to get up there, but it was amazing. Here's the Beule Gate, it was the first entrance to the Acropolis:



This is the Propylaia, the main entrance to the Acropolis:

The Erechtheion, with the Porch of the Caryatids (the statues of women used as columns) and an Olive tree growing where Athena first planted her tree in a competition against Poseidon:

And of course the Parthenon. Amazing!

Kalimera

Here are my first pictures from Athens, Greece! I'm having a wonderful time visiting my sister Christy and her family. Yesterday we drove down to Nafplio. I loved this very Mediterranean town. Here's what the shops look like:

The Palamidi fortress looking over Nafplio and the sea:

And today we took a beautiful drove along the coast to Sounio to see the Temple of Poseidon:

The Wilton Rose

My lastest cake - trying to learn how to make the Wilton Rose. That's the end of Course 1, but I will keep practicing.

Feel the Flutter

We just got back from a little trip into DC. We saw the butterfly exhibit at the Museum of Natural History. Very cool.

Our Sammy

Samantha has had a couple changes over the past week. She got a darling haircut, and she lost her first tooth!