Sunday, June 14, 2009Wake up call at 7am. Pack, breakfast and we board the bus at 8:30am. Off to Mycenae we go! Mycenae is where the ruins of a palace were discovered. The view was so gorgeous that I would like to build a vacation home on the site. Oh well, to dream! Here is a picture of Lauren and Michelle at the Lion's Gate. It is said that the cyclopes built the walls around the palace because the stones are so large.
After we left the palace, we went down to the snack area and paid $2.50 E for a glass of orange juice (it was fresh squeezed). Good thing we are coming home soon because I won't be able to afford orange juice much longer. After that we got on the bus for a very short trip to a tomb called the Treasury of Atreus. Here is a picture 
of Kasondra in front of it.
After we left the palace, we went down to the snack area and paid $2.50 E for a glass of orange juice (it was fresh squeezed). Good thing we are coming home soon because I won't be able to afford orange juice much longer. After that we got on the bus for a very short trip to a tomb called the Treasury of Atreus. Here is a picture 
of Kasondra in front of it.We left there and went to a shop to see how the pottery is made. They showed us how they make it in the present and also how it was made in the past. We were able to shop after the demonstration. Kasondra bought a cup invented by Pythagoras.
It is very interesting in that you cannot overfill the cup. If you do, the entire cup will empty from the bottom. The moral...don't be greedy or you will get nothing. Michelle and Lauren bought a statue for the mantle and I bought a bracelet made of silver. After the pottery shop, 
we went to the Ancient Corinth which was a large marketplace and the place were Paul was brought to trial. It was interesting to see how large the marketplace was.
It is very interesting in that you cannot overfill the cup. If you do, the entire cup will empty from the bottom. The moral...don't be greedy or you will get nothing. Michelle and Lauren bought a statue for the mantle and I bought a bracelet made of silver. After the pottery shop, 
we went to the Ancient Corinth which was a large marketplace and the place were Paul was brought to trial. It was interesting to see how large the marketplace was. After the Ancient Corinth, we went to the canal and had lunch. Lunch was good because we were hungry. We all ordered hamburgers and french fries. Kasondra and I had cokes and Lauren had a Nestea and Michelle had a carmel macchiato drink that she said that wonderful. Here is a picture of Lauren trying to bite into the large hamburger bun!
After lunch we walked over to the canal. It was really cool and there were even people bungee jumping from just below street level. Michelle wanted to do it too but there wasn't enough time. Here is a picture of 
Kasondra and the canal. Apparently, it took 11 years to complete the canal. We got back on the bus and had about an 1 1/2 hour trip back to Athens.
After lunch we walked over to the canal. It was really cool and there were even people bungee jumping from just below street level. Michelle wanted to do it too but there wasn't enough time. Here is a picture of 
Kasondra and the canal. Apparently, it took 11 years to complete the canal. We got back on the bus and had about an 1 1/2 hour trip back to Athens.It was not a bad trip back and we arrived at the Titania Hotel without incident. We got our rooms. I am in room 411 and Lauren and Michelle are in 405 and rested about 10 minutes and then set out to shop at Plaka. We are very smart and decided to take the metro. It is just one stop and would be easy. Now what do they say about the best laid plans? Okay, so we get our tickets and wait for the subway. It comes, we get on and it starts to go....in the wrong direction! We get off at the next exit, go up to street level, walk across to the other entrance to go back and get back on the subway. We go one exit (to where we started) and a man tells everyone they must exit the subway. Apparently, on the weekends, they work on the subway and you can't go the way we want to go. So, we ask the man how to get to Plaka or wherever and he tells us we need to take a bus and our metro tickets are good for the bus and to ask security for help. We go up to street level, find a security guy and ask which bus to take to Plaka. He tells us, "No bus to Plaka. Walk." They are pretty bossy here. So, we walk to Plaka which isn't really that far but we didn't want to walk. Anyway, we finally get there and start shopping. Lauren and Kasondra both want to find a pair of shoes. Here is a picture of Michelle, Lauren and Kasondra in front of one of the shoe stores. We walk through a bunch of different stores (all with the same stuff pretty much) and they each find 
shoes. Kasondra even found 2 pair that she liked. I finally picked up a souvenir for Jenna and Kasondra and I bought a little soccer ball from the Greece team and I bought a cool bottle of liquor for Albert. We walked back to the hotel with about 30 minutes to spare before dinner. I am currently missing dinner to do this blog. Actually, I am 23 minutes late! Well, we had a very busy day today and tomorrow we do a half-day tour at Marathon. What that encompasses, I can't say and I'm really afraid to ask. But we get free time in the afternoon and then we pack to leave for home on Tuesday morning! Gotta go for now. Until tomorrow!
shoes. Kasondra even found 2 pair that she liked. I finally picked up a souvenir for Jenna and Kasondra and I bought a little soccer ball from the Greece team and I bought a cool bottle of liquor for Albert. We walked back to the hotel with about 30 minutes to spare before dinner. I am currently missing dinner to do this blog. Actually, I am 23 minutes late! Well, we had a very busy day today and tomorrow we do a half-day tour at Marathon. What that encompasses, I can't say and I'm really afraid to ask. But we get free time in the afternoon and then we pack to leave for home on Tuesday morning! Gotta go for now. Until tomorrow!
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