Acropolis Museum half price

This is the center we went to today in Athens where they were distributing food to those that have a need.  We were able to see how they distribute and keep track of those receiving food and what they put in the bags, etc.  It is one of the NGOs that LDS Charities supports.   We were impressed with their record keeping and how they arrived at finding a way to get food to those that need it.  

We decided that we should go visit a museum as long as we were done visiting the center and still had time.  Museums are 1/2 price after Oct. until March.  We decided to see the Acropolis museum since we had just gone to the Acropolis.  

It was still busy with tourists and tourists guides.  I stood by one group and listened to the accented English as she went into a long explanation of a statue.  You can also get head sets that walk you through the museum.  My favorite part was listening to two young boys that spoke French and were obviously not as interested in the museum as their grandmother hoped.  

We got brave and took the elevator to go see the ruins under the museum.  In our elevator was a woman that we learned was from Alaska.  I think we all thought how nice to speak to someone in English and discovered that she had just come from Turkey and was on her way to Lebanon to visit her friend that is a principal at a school.  She had stories to tell but what impressed me is that at the age of 75 she wrote a children's book about bears and their poop and made lots of money from the book.  It is on Amazon called, The Bear in the Blueberry and has lovely illustrations.  She is now 78 years old and traveling alone to many new places.  She is waiting out Alaska's winter in warm places!

This week I also fixed dinner for the missionaries in Athens.  It was Sister Reidhead's birthday and the sisters said what can we do?  I don't know if I will ever cook a meal for anyone again because it was so stressful to fit everything on the stove or oven which is a guessing game for temperature and so very small.  How do you get everything to be cooked and hot at the same time?  I was so happy we could celebrate her birthday but next time, eating out sounds really good.