Even in Greece people know that the PACK IS BACK!!!
So, if you can't be in Wisconsin sitting back with a beer, (or for most packer fans a cooler full of beer next to the couch) a bag of cheese curds, and your cheese head on watching the PACK play on Thanksgiving Thursday, you might as well be in Athens, Greece. Right?
Or when you have to be away from family on Thanksgiving you might as well find other cheeseheads to be with (almost like being with family). Right?
After checking with "google" we found out that Athens had a sports bar that was playing the Packers VS Lions game at 7:30pm (12:30pm cheesehead time). We headed out of the hotel around 7pm and metroed two stops to the Aropolis metro stop. When we exited from the metro we could see the Temple of Athena Nike (yes the temple built for the Greek Goddess of Victory and the Greek Goddess the shoes are named after) shining above us. We entered the bar to find that we would be watching the game with some other Cheeseheads. To recongize a cheesehead in Athens you don't have to ask them where they are from. You don't even have to look for the Packer T-shirt, you just listen for the group that sounds and looks like they are from Canada. Which is what we did and we met a girl from Green Bay, and three girls from Milwaukee. We enjoyed our night with a warm turkey, gravy and bacon sandwich (dont ask me why they put bacon on the sandwich, but bacon does make everything better) and a glass of Mythos (Greek Beer) and some good old American football. A Packers victory makes a Thanksgiving in Athens one to remember.
joe
Joe at the Sports Bar posing for the Packer Game.
Leave it up to Joe to find the best ice cream deal in Athens. This huge cone cost us 1.50 Euro which, is a great deal compared to the dinky McDonalds cones that cost 1Euro. And it was a twist cone!!!!!!!!!
This is Mars Hill. It is where Apostle Paul first preached the Gospel in Greece. We had a picnic lunch on the top of the hill and enjoyed the sunshine and some good prayer time.
A distant view of the Acropolis---dont mind the construction in the distant, just act like its not there.
Football, Greek Beer, Ice Cream, A Picnic, Sunshine,"bacon & turkey gravy" & a little prayer time??? Hmmm, Sounds like a little bit of Heaven to me :-)
ReplyDeleteLove you both,
mom
PS Enjoy your cruise!
Joe, I'm not quite sure why every picture of you makes me laugh. I think it's a good thing, but I'm not sure.
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed Thanksgiving! We missed you a few weeks ago at Old Ebbitt. Miss you!
jill & Ryan
I thought of you two on Thanksgiving while I watched a little of the Pack on TV.
ReplyDeleteI totally missed you on Friday, Ash! My friend Betsy and I went to see the movie Enchanted (total Disney princess story, chick flick) and I got us awesome candy on sale at CVS and snuck it in. I wished you were there so much!
Also, that is so awesome that you got your pants fixed and for free! Way to go Turkish friends!
Did you guys see that the Mountaineers only have to win one more game this Saturday to be in the National Championship (football)?!! I am going to have a big party and I thought how much I wanted you here!
Miss you guys a ton!
Love,
Jess