Back to Athens

Today was spent taking a ride back to Athens by ferry.  Once in Athens we had our grand tour dinner at a restaurant in the Plaka.

A band played traditional Greek music and there were dancers dancing traditional Greek dances.  Oh, and there was belly dancing, which of course the singers had to join in!

As is the tradition, the adults sing a song for the choir that recaps the events of the trip.  The words are sung to the Greek Folk Song "Pera Stous"
 
                 Greece Tour Folk Song
We’re on the way to Athens.  It takes us just a day.
But then we spend another one just looking round the place.
And then we take a ferry ride, the ferry deck is heaving,
We get to Faros very tired, late into the evening.

We practice every morning with the kids from Tennessee,
John Rutter, he is dancing.    Now THAT is fun to see.
Our favorite is Zoey with heels so we can see her,
She loved the folk songs sung in Greek right there on the plateia.

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We’re off to have our breakfast of cheese and bread and meat
We loved it when the menu changed to cheese and bread and meat.
My phone is getting WiFi, I’ll check on Insta-Gram
No, WAIT, the net has dropped me, this net’s not worth a BEEP!

The French kids were so cool, they all went radioactive,
The soprano wrongly thinks that her voice is attractive.
We love the way that meat is served, it’s always on a stick
Azolimnos beach and restaurants really are a kick.

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There’s lots more to remember, like jumping of the rock
Or dropping your new VISA card right at the Delos dock.
The yoga classes that were done just as the sun was rising,
And the careless way in which the crazy Greeks are driving.

The schedule is so grueling, don’t change plans we beseech,
Yet for the bus we wait an hour there at Vari beach.
Gelato is delicious, we love the Grecian gyro
But hate the noon day heat that feels like
Fahrenheit 9 zero.

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Tomorrow our group splits, part stays in Athens for sightseeing a part goes to Corinth, ancient city where the apostle Paul stayed.  It will be our last day exploring Greece.