We did get to do a little last-minute shopping. I purchased a small, hand-painted icon of Jesus in the gift shop of an Orthodox Church in our neighborhood. And we were lured into an art gallery where we purchased two watercolor paintings as reminders of our visits to Athens and Santorini. We've hoped to pick up a few piece of art along the way, and the low prices here in Greece made it a good place to do so. We packed them up with a bunch of odds and ends we've managed to accumulate in the past few weeks and shipped them back home in two containers from the post office. Several times during the morning, Leroy drew my attention to the building of the Acropolis which can be seen above the city streets; it really is an amazing sight.Mostly I spent the day online trying to rent a car for our next week in Italy. I had gotten everthing set for a car earlier in the week, and then it all fell through yesterday morning. Finding a car with an automatic transmission (so Leroy can drive it) at an affordable price is no small feat in Europe. I found a bunch of Mercedes and Audis available for hire, but they didn't fit our Smart Car budget. Finally I hit the jack pot, and hopefully (fingers crossed) a car will be waiting for us at the Naples Airport this afternoon. I've learned not to assume much along the way, so we'll see what happens next!
I'm excited about visiting Italy. I've never been there, and we are trying to get to the most scenic and historic parts of the country in the next three and a half weeks. Turkey and Greece exceeded all of our expections in May. It has been a remarkable month, and we are enormously grateful each day for the opportunity to experience this part of the world!