Okay, so the night before we left a few of us went to the Hill of the Muses for one last outing with Nedim. His friend brought a guitar and we sat around singing random songs. I had never done that before so I'm glad I went despite the few hours of sleep I got that night. What ended that night though was a spider. It was pretty funny. I was just staring off into Athens and everybody starts freaking out and jumping up. I on the other hand wanted to know what happened, so I sat there and they said a spider was right under my foot. But it was a big spider so despite my sense of calm I jumped up and proceeded to run around like a little kid. We go a flashlight out and looked at it. Yeah it was the size of my palm. I was pleased we left.
8am Friday morning. Bus ride. The temp was okay at this point but we were still getting hot. Our first stop was a random little stand in the middle of nowhere. I got a Pepsi because its hard to find Pepsi here and it was in a bottle. I wanted a Greek Pepsi bottle, but later the bus driver threw it away because I had only placed it in the back of the seat. Boo. Then we went to Delphi. It was pretty cool. There was the museum first in which we all went to and then there were two different sets of ruins. Everyone except me and Rachel M went the Apollo ruins while we went to the Sanctuary of Athinaia. Next was lunch. Everything was too much so I settled on a Greek salad (not the greatest) for like 7 euro, including bread and water. Its insane how much these people charge for the smallest things. Anyways we crossed a channel over to the Peloponnese even though there was the pimpest bridge right next to it. The bridge (pics up soon) does not extend to the bottom of the bed, but it floats. It was designed by a physicist and can withstand 10.0 quakes. We stayed in Olympia at what I believe is a 5 star hotel. We had a four course meal, swam in their pool, and looked at the stars. Loved it.
8am Saturday morning. Scorching. Reached 115 this day. First thing was breakfast. It was the best breakfast I had had in a long time. Pastries, sausage, milk, and other yummies. We went nearby to the original Olympic Gymnasium. They had some cool stuff; the Temple of Zeus, the spot where the flame is lit for every modern Olympic games, and the ancient track, which I ran on! We also went to a nearby museum, saw Hermes (he had a room to his self) and some other stuff that was beginning to blur into all the other museums I had seen. Then onto the bus where we proceeded to sweat nonstop for hours until this cool little mountain town named Lagadia. I saw these cool shot glasses the teachers were drinking from (it was something unique like walnut liqueur) and I had to get one, so I asked the guy if I could buy one and he said I could have it for free as a souvenir. I was pumped. The view from there was amazing. We then proceeded to Tolo. It was this town on the eastern coast of the Peloponnese where we stayed for another night. The food was okay this time. Buffet style, but not bad. The beach was not as cold as it was in Andros, but it was 115 outside all day. It was a nice time despite the apparently giant rock covered moss we found. Stayed up pretty late (mistake).
6am Sunday morning. Still hot. I got up for sunrise, but Josh didn't want to so I hurried to shut off my alarm and in the process slammed my right pinky toe into the bed. It got giantly purple. I didn't notice the blood until I got outside and awaited the sun. After that I got a few more hours of sleep had a slightly not as good breakfast as the day before and we went to a theater called Epidavros. It was cool for a little bit. I climbed to the top and the acoustics really are great. They still use it today. (This is getting long.) We had a break in Nafplio, and then went to Mycenae. We saw Agamemnon and decided not to stop anywhere else that day because we were all so miserable.
Back in Athens last night I went and saw the Vienna Boy's Choir sing at Herod Atticous Odeon, and the only way to get in there is to go see a performance. I managed to record the entirety of the performance with my skills at concealing my camera. They were absolutely wonderful. The lead boy was so small but his voice was awesome. Then I cam home and finished a book. Dang. This was quite long. Another post soon.
Oh and disorganization is our program and our groups name. Someone just needs to tell me what people are doing. Anyways pics soon.
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Matt,
Wow, it's hotter than here, where it hit 112 today. The record was set in 1990 at 122 (when I had to roll down my car windows and turn on the heater to avoid overheating the car). Certainly not fun doing sightseeing things, unless you're in nice air conditioned museums for the hottest part of the day.
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