Protest in Athens

oops, I forgot to mention something fun that happened while we were in Athens. Apparently every day was a different sort of protest. The day we got there the taxi was the last car to pass through before they closed down the road for the parade of protesters. Then, on the second day we were unable to take trams because they were protesting. That was the day we ran into this wholesome crowd:

The video pretty much says it all, but they marched from wherever they met all the way to the steps of the government building. What the video DOESN'T say, because we turned off the camera is this chain of events:

1. We hear a few explosions
2. My dad says "there's something wrong with me"
3. Everyone around us is coughing and dying
4. Everyone is SPRINTING away, noses and mouths covered...while still coughing and dying
5. We realize they bombed in tear gas cartridges. oops

this was another time on the trip when my parents weren't too keen on my adventurous spirit.





Here are a few more pictures of what we didn't get on camera:

police in their gear 

It was entertaining to say the least, and never a dull moment in the Brosky vacation!