Banana juice

Once everyone arrives, our tour group will consist of 16 people and a tour director.  We're not entirely sure how, but we've got ourselves another French woman in charge this time.  It was Brigitte in Australia and New Zealand, and it's Charlie here.  Seems that we are destined to be guided around by French women who are living away from their homeland.

After we checked in and showered, Cas and I had a pretty substantial nap.  That got us ready just in time for the orientation meeting and the welcome dinner.  The meet and greet was good, and this group is a bit different than our crew last summer.  Last time, we were in the company of nothing but Americans, and this time, we have a German woman, three Australians, a Canadian native and a Canadian who spent her childhood in Greece.  There are 16 total people in the group, and only three of them are men.  Unusual balance.  

The welcome dinner was pretty great.  We had lamb roasted in parchment paper with potatoes.  We had grilled pieces of Greek cheese for an appetizer, and we had Sangria to drink.  If we had not selected Sangria, I may have ordered the most confusing menu item I've seen in a while.  They were selling glasses of different fruit juice, and one of the fruits they claim to be able to extract juice from is a banana.  They had banana juice for sale by the glass.  I have no idea what that would look like, nor do I know how one would go about extracting juice from a banana.  Alas, it remains a mystery.  

Maybe we'll try it out if we see it on a menu again.  

For now, we've walked around in Athens twice, eaten here twice, and we're about to fall asleep for the second time.  Not bad for one day...  

Here we are in the restaurant: 

And while we walked back from the restaurant, this was our view of the Acropolis all lit up at night: 

We do a walking tour tomorrow, so there is more to come from this city before we head to the next destination.  More soon, friends!