These boots were made for walkin

our second to last day in Athens, we rode the new tram to the beach.

already burned in Nice, France which turned to my normal Mexican brown, I wasnt too worried about getting burned again. pretty hard to do that when it looks like i took a trip to africa and not europe.

but...I didnt want to get my shorts all salted up from the ocean so on the way there i picked up a 10 euro pair of swim trunks - yellow with gray and blue stripes on the side. i really wanted to get speedos since thats what they mostly wear here in europe, but i thought that since the islands we are going to are filled with americans, i better not. these trunks were almost speedos though. lets just say they're not board shorts. i actually posted a picture in my yahoo photos for all of those who want a good laugh.

but anyway, the one place we didnt get burned at in France was our thighs. so, like a couple europeans, we rolled 'em up and let the sun beat 'em down.

me and chris figured out that you dont really know how much you're getting burned until a couple hours after you get home from the beach. this theory proved to be true, because on our walk home, we knew we were burned. not too bad though, which i am happy about.

it wouldnt be so bad really if we didnt have to pay 2 euro a person to turn on the air conditioner in our room. these people are really stingy w/ their a/c. most places dont have them. but me and chris have been burnin up this past week b/c there isnt even a breeze that comes through the windows, and a cool room would be nice for the night, but its not gonnna happen. oh well, we'll be alright, right???

well, i'm sad that you guys didnt get to experience the beautiful Athenian beach and the old leathery old men in speedos, and i know yall will appreciate i left them out of any photos i took.

ok, well its time to go. tomorrow night we leave for Crete.