Our Last Blog from Greece

Today is our last day in Greece. We aren't going to attempt to add pictures today, but will have hundreds to show you when we return.

We have met so many wonderful people! Our group was small--only 25 of us, so that made it extra special. About half of our group was from Australia. We learned that Australia has a large population of Greeks. Most of the Aussies were Greek Australians coming home for a tour of their home country. One of the Greek-Australians we met was a young teacher. We plan to keep in touch and possibly have pen pals. Another was an author/illustrator. We had the privilege of hearing her read the book she had written to us on the bus. We had our picture made with her and plan to buy several copies of her book.

Our tour director was the best! It was like traveling with a human history book. She was, of course, Greek and had the best accent.

Our bus driver, Nick, could take that large bus around the tightest hairpin curves!! Even when we were taking tight turns up high in Meteora, he handled that bus like a pro.

Last night we went back to the Plaka to have dinner--outside of course. Everyone eats outside everyday because the weather is so perfect everyday. We finally had Greek pizza and it was delicious!

We'll be headed to the Athens airport soon and will leave around 12:30 Athens time. We then have a 3 hour layover in Atlanta before finally getting to Tulsa around 9:45 pm Friday night. We are anxious to see our families--we miss them!!

Check the blog again in a few days and we may have added some pics of Kalambaka and our last day in Athens.

Adio,
Leslie and Karla