life saving experiences/amazing dinner

i almost died today. i'm being dramatic i know but i did slip on a huge rock at the Parthenon. we were climbing up the older steps instead of the new modern ones and i just happened to wear chanclas today. not so smart. so i slipped on the slick marble and my good friend Kaysi saved my life. she caught me and though the way in which she caught me might have been in appropriate in any other situation, i was glad because i woulda slid 10 feet down the side of this mountain we were climbing.

the damage? scrapes, bumps, and bruises to my knees and shins but it appears to be merely cosmetic in nature. only hurts if you press on it. so i'll survive...i was grateful though and after we got over the initial scare, i couldnt help but bust out laughing at how ridiculous Kaysi and I looked standing there...me on all fours and kaysi with her arms around me...it was hilarious...so i look at her and say " i was trying to get my footing when you caught me...i wouldnt have fallen but you caught me and hung me!" and everyone was crackin up by then. it was funny...painful...embarrassing but funny.

as for dinner tonight. we went to a swanky mexican restaurant in a sorta sketchy part of town which turned out not to be so sketchy. the food - absolutely amazing and what more, we were on the terrace rooftop of this joint, so the ambience was incredible. from where we sat we had a nights view of the Parthenon which was lit. It was in kjisten and kaysi's words "AMAZING."

we've been working out our plans for tomorrow and think we're headed to one of the islands. it was going to be Hydra but plans fell through with that and now we've discovered another place to visit. its been a journey for sure...but as always things always work out and i know tomorrow's day at the beach will find itself to be peaceful and full of sun! once we get there...

ok off to sleep....

two more days and then on a plane home i will find myself. i miss my family but each day here is a new adventure. i'll be sad to leave it but at the same time am ready to be home. after all, Dorothy got it right when she said "there's no place" like it.