Temple of Poseidon

February 12th, 2011
Sounion, Greece
Temple of Poseidon

     Lounged around, cleaned, and got ready for the two hour bus ride to Sounion to the Temple of Poseidon! No one was exactly sure how to get to the random bus stop near Syntagma Square, so I'm going to give the run down of exactly how we got there for any future goers: From Residence 1 we bused to Nomismatokopeia Metro stop, Metroed to Syntagma (on the blue line), transfered to the red line and went to Omonia, taxied to Victoria metro station, and walked to the tour bus station. Then we got on the coastal bus and went on our way!
      We definitely took the scenic route because there were gorgeous beaches, para-gliders (which I hope to do on our excursion weekend), and mesmerizing sites! Arriving there at 4:30pm, we didn't plan to leave until 6:30pm so we knew we had plenty of time. Taking goofy pictures along the cliffs took an hour of our time and then we actually made it to the Temple of Poseidon. It's located on a bluff and the view of the sea is SO GORGEOUS! With the sun reflecting down upon the sea, seagulls flying, being with people you care about, and in a foreign country, it can't get better than that! Until it did, but of course.
     One of the main reasons we took the 2:30pm bus was so we could get to the temple before the sunset. Arnold and I wound our way down the bluff and took the hardest way to the rocky edge as possible. A man even called up to us as we were making our way down "You guys know there's an easier way over there, right?" and almost in unison we said "It's fine, we're already almost down." Which is really code for "We have too much pride and our hands hurt too much to climb all the way back up and around." I guess my stubbornness is really rubbing off on others...haha. Eventually ending up on a ledge, we watched the sunset together. Can I just ask the question how it's possible to top a day like this? Watching the sunset on a cliff ledge in Greece on a beautiful, sunny day? I'm only 18 and my life's got some high standards to surpass, but I am SO ready to see how I can top this! :)

Sunsets + Scrapes= Happiness

Susie