trip to Greece and Rome!

Hi all!
Finally we are getting around to writing a little about our Easter vacation.  We have been so busy that at night we have had dinner, bathed and gone to bed. We flew to Athens and began our holiday by spending Easter with  Pantelis, a friend from Halifax who was visiting his family in Athens.  Easter is a big celebration in Greece and we felt very privileged to be a part of the Easter Sunday festivities.  They treated us to goat roasted on a spit and lots of yummy Greek delicacies.  There was music, dancing and  the smell of orange blossoms in the air.  After dinner we walked with Pantelis up to the top of a mountain in central Athens that gave us a marvelous view of the city. The next day we visited the Acropolis, the Ancient Agora and the Roman Agora. The following day we made out way to the spectacular Acropolis Museum.  Elizabeth is going to give more details about our time in Athens.  We then took a boat to Sifnos, an island in the group of islands called the Cyclades.  We had one rain soaked day there followed by quite a bit of sunshine. More from me about Sifnos later.  At the end of the week we reluctantly took the boat back to Athens and after one night there, picked up our rental car and drove first to Cape Sounion where Poseidon's temple stands and then on  to the Peloponnese.  The temple at Cape Sounion overlooks the ocean with spectacular views from all sides.  Poseidon would have loved it! Our village on the Peloponnese was called Selionatiki. We stayed in a condo owned by friends from home and again felt happy and blessed.  The condo had a pool which we made good use of.  We managed to make a number of day trips from our base there to Olympia, Nafpaktos and Nafplio (Dave will fill in the details of these day trips). The day we went to Nafplio we also visited the most ancient ruins in Greece, Mycenae. Despite torrential rain, Rory was particularly amazed by this site and will fill you in on what we saw there.  This rainy day was then followed by the sunniest day yet which we happily spent on the beach at Killini.  For some reason, while on the beach, we were treated to the Greek version of the Snowbirds who put on an incredible show that lasted about half an hour.  Their training base is apparently near Killini however what we saw suggested that it was a special show put on for someone.  We were close to an exclusive beach resort and saw people there gathered at the beach to take photos. We suspect that the show was for them and not for us but we really enjoyed it!  The next day was our last on the Peloponnese and we went to Delphi. It was wonderful, as Holly will tell you!  The next day we returned our car, jumped on a plane and landed in Rome. We are now settled in an apartment here and are beginning our exploration of this amazing city.  We will try and attach pictures to each segment of the trip....for your viewing pleasure!
Heather