Too hot to handle!

Wednesday of this week was outrageously hot. I'm estimating that it was 38+ degrees celsius which is over 100 degrees! While the three of us girls are dying of heat exhaustion and contemplating the punishment we'll incur from wearing swim suits to work tomorrow in an effort to beat the heat, all the greeks are in jeans. I honestly don't see how they wear them in this heat. I'm such a polar bear.

To cool down after work, we went to the Thissio area of Athens -known for its cafe scene. We settled into a cafe with a fantastic view of the Acropolis.

and I know this will surprise some of you, BUT because of the heat I wasn't hungry for dinner....that is until i saw the following on the menu...

It hit the spot!

Before I left for Greece my friend Elizabeth said something to me about how i would probably loose weight while i was over here since i would be walking a lot. yeah -not with dinners like this!

We finished our ice cream and walked down the way to the Dora Stratou theatre located in Filopappou Hill area of athens. In this theatre there are nightly performances of traditional greek dances. The show was about 90 minutes long and contained dances from several regions of greece.

Unfortunately pictures do not do justice here (well they do for the funny outfits, but not for the dance moves) - this guy is being twirled around in a circle on his tippy toes about 12 inches from the ground. he has more muscles in his stomach than i must have in my entire body.

The show was great and I definitely recommend seeing it to those who travel to this city.