Hello, family and friends. It’s 12:30 a.m. Sunday in Athens. We made it. Will snoozed for nearly nine hours of the 11-hour flight from San Francisco to Munich, Germany. He thrilled to a couple hours of Scooby Doo on the flight from Munich to Athens. His parents weren’t quite so fortunate in terms of sleep and entertainment. Now Will’s ready to party, but we’re pretty wiped out.

Our room is in a beautiful old hotel, The Grand Bretagne, which our cab driver said was the first hotel in Greece. It overlooks a huge, busy square, the Parliament building and, standing on our balcony, we have a fabulous view of the Acropolis, including the lit-up Parthenon.

Tomorrow I’ll try to post some photos. Will’s take so far: “Everything is different here. But it’s all the same.” Anyway, all’s well. Hope everybody’s great at home….