I woke up at 8:15, got ready, and we headed done to breakfast in the hostel. There were fresh breads hard boiled eggs, and coffee so I was a happy camper.
After breakfast we headed down to Syntagma square to buy Hop On Hop Off Bus tickets. It's actually a pretty cool concept. It's a tour bus that travels around Athens in 90 minutes and you learn about the city. How we did it was, we rode around and when we wanted to stop at a site, we did, and then we would get back on and finish the tour.
The first place that we stopped at was the New Acropolis Museum. It was amazing. Before you even walk into the building, the pathway is see-through so you can see an archaeological site underneath the building. That was pretty awesome. We bought our tickets and walk around. It's probably one of my favorite museums, and I've been to some amazing museums. Luckily, Ann and I know a lot about Greek mythology so we could really appreciate what was there. I loved it. We weren't allowed to take pictures, but we snuck some towards the end.
We hopped back on the bus and headed to the Acropolis. The bus tour offered a free walking tour so we decided to try it out. It was not what we were expecting. We thought we were going to have a walking tour inside the Acropolis. Nope. It was a chaperoned walk around th area outside of the Acropolis. It was still kind of cool, but there were a lot of things we couldn't see because none of us bought our tickets for the Acropolis and our "tour guide" wasn't authorized to give tours of the Acropolis. Whatever. It was still a nice walk around parts of Athens we wouldn't have seen otherwise.
After the tour, we hopped back on the bus again to save our legs just to head back to the Acropis to actually tour it this time.
I'm still in awe that I have seen the Parthenon. It hasn't really hit me that I was there. I am so lucky. We went down and saw the Theatre of Dionysus. It was so cool! I can only imagine how epic it would have been to see a performance there in person. We sat there in the stands, resting, taking pictures, and taking it all in.
For those who want to see the Acropolis someday. Do it. Go now. Just be prepared for slippery rocks. It was a hazard the whole time and while we were walking down the steps leaving, I slipped on a rock and skinned both my needs really badly. Good thing my mom made me take band aids and neosporin!
We walked the Roman agora, saw the museum for it, and walked up to the Temple of Hephaestus. That was really neat.
We once again hopped on the bus and went to the National Archaeological Museum. I totally geeked out once I was there. I kept learning different cultural behaviors from these artifacts that I wouldn't have thought of otherwise. We didn't even finish the first floor before the museum closed. That's how big the museum is.
We got on the last bus of the day at 8:18pm and finally finished the bus tour. We got off at Syntagma square and found a restaurant. I ordered the seasonal greens and tzaziki garlic spread with bread. The man made me think I was getting green vegetables. Nope. I got collard greens kind of greens. I ate it because they're good for you, but when we went out for dessert, indefinitely compensated for my lackluster dinner.
Once we finally got back to the hostel we collapsed and packed for our next day of travel.
And here we are! We're in Mykonos!
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