{"id":13730,"date":"2023-07-25T20:27:24","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T04:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jbranchblog.com\/?p=13730"},"modified":"2023-07-25T20:27:24","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T04:27:24","slug":"first-stop-athens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jbranchblog.com\/?p=13730","title":{"rendered":"First stop&#8230;Athens!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Despite a very long day of travel to get here and some challenges with lost luggage, our first stop was great!  We visited the Acropolis and Parthenon (along with about 10,000 other sweaty tourists), wandered around the little back streets and markets of Athens, and did some shopping to get Kailynn replacement clothes.  We&#8217;ve had a pretty relaxing few days as everyone adjusts to the new timezone and recovers from the trip here.  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