Anyway, we made it to our hotel in Athens around 9:30am. Athens was a little different than what we had imagined; graffiti is everywhere, and the city is much dirtier than Thessaloniki. Our hotel rooms weren't ready until 11:30am, so we walked around for a bit to waste some time before we could crash on our beds.
Resting for a few hours was somewhat revitalizing and gave us enough strength to explore the original Olympic Stadium. What a sight to see! Some of us took the opportunity to run around the track and others experienced what it was like to sit in the seats reserved for the kings and queens. We all really enjoyed visiting this monument! The Temple of Zeus was next on the list, but when we arrived, the gates were closed. We took pictures from outside of the gate and decided that that would suffice; unfortunately, we don't have enough time to fit it in on any other day!
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Today, we had a great plan set up. We were going to visit the War Museum first thing in the morning, head to the Acropolis Museum, and then climb to the Acropolis. However, the last tour for the Acropolis was at 2:45pm, and we missed it by about 10 minutes.. Now, we are moving it to tomorrow morning and have to save Posiedons Temple for our next trip to Greece.
There have been a lot of things that have not worked out as we thought they would.
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Since we are in such a tourist-y area, it's been hard to find that good, authentic food we experienced in Thessaloniki and Lake Kerkini. We're getting a little tired of the subpar Greek cuisine. In fact, a lot of us have already planned out our first meal when we arrive back in America. Some of us feel that it can't come soon enough. These seven-hour days of walking everywhere and the crazy transportation situations have taken a toll on all of us.
We'll see ya soon, America.
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