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Quick recap of the past few days:

As mentioned in the previous post, on Wednesday we went to Marathon and Ramnous.  Ramnous was a rural city in ancient Greece and the site of the temples of Themis and Nemesis.  There we got to see unpublished finds that are not open to the public, which was a cool experience.  Marathon was the site of the important Athenian victory in the Persian War, and we visited the museum there.  We also "reinacted" the battle on the hillside.  I was on the Perian side, so unfortunately we lost. 
On Thursday, we didn't have an excursion in the morning, so a bunch of us played volleyball at the courts near the National Gardens.  I had a lot of fun!
Yesterday, we had class at the Ancient Agora.  We were split into groups and had to present the different buildings there.  I liked it, and I got a taste of what it would be like to be a tour guide, which I'm pretty sure I would not want to be.  My groups' presentation went very well, and we got a silver medal.  In the evening, we were planning on going to hear some Greek blues, bouzaki, but we ended up not going.  We went to a cafe, but drinks were so expensive we just left and went back home.  At least it was a nice walk...
Today, it is cooler and drizzling a little.  I wanted to go to the Opera tonight, but the remaining tickets are too expensive for our student budgets. 
To explain why there are no pictures in this post:  My laptop's battery charger (AC adapter) is failing me, so I can't charge my computer.  I'm writing this post at an internet cafe.  A friend of mine has the same problem, but we haven't had much success finding replacements.  We'll have to wait until Monday to continue our search since most things are closed on the weekends.  So until I find a way to charge my laptop, I can't get pictures off of my camera.