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At 6:00 PM March 14, 1998
Sunrise (local): 6:40 a.m. Sunset (local): 6:30 p.m.	Weather 60°F
Traveled Since Last Dispatch 6 mi / 10 km Cumulative Total 3147 mi / 5068 km	Lat: 37° 58' 12" N Lon: 23° 43' 53" E Elev: 266 ft / 81 m

Fast Facts

Where We Are: Athens ()
Where We're Staying: Ethan and Padraic are at the Mourla family home, while Corinne and Anthony are with Haris and Michalis
Places We Visited: Ministry of Education, Ministry of Culture, Acropolis, Athens neighborhoods (Monastraki, Plaka, Anafiotika)
Featured Site: Acropolis
Person of the Day: Katerina Mourla
What We Ate:: Food of the Day: tzatziki; Breakfast: bread and honey; Lunch: Greek salad, pork chops and french fries; Dinner: soup, chopped roast chicken breast with lots of rice, bread; Olive count: 1868
Word of the Day: "Efharisto" () means "thank you" in Greek.
Tech Fact of the Day: Just as it was in Turkey, restaurants are not always the best place to eat. More formal in their set-up and service and often with established menus, restaurants are usually a more expensive option for a meal. On the other hand, tavernas are an excellent cheaper choice. Once a place where only wines and other light barrel-fermented alcohols were sold, they are now usually more traditional eating establishments, with wooden tables and chairs and handwritten chalkboard menus (if that); tavernas offer a less touristy environment (especially in less touristy places) at which good solid food can be had at a reasonable price. There are also excellent ouzeria which serve the famous Greek alcohol called ouzo accompanied by small plates of snack foods or mezedes (side dishes); galaktopleia which sell milk products (milk, butter, yogurt, rice pudding, custard, eggs, honey, bread) and are excellent breakfast venues; zaharoplasteia which have cakes, pastries, chocolate and coffee/tea, and, of course, kafeneio.: Flat Count (Cumulative): 21; Broken Spoke Count (Cumulative): 27

Next Stop: We stay in Athens

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