By this point in our trip, I think we were all getting a little weary of the early mornings and riding the bus! But we knew this would be our LAST sightseeing day with a LONG drive back to Athens - and we all knew we had a FREE day in Athens the next day - we were all looking forward to that!
In the morning we visited the graves of Phillip the 2nd and Alexander, the son of Alexander the Great. Their grave and others were discovered in the 70's along with many artifacts that we saw in the museum!
This museum was VERY dark and it was almost hard to see where you were going at times!
And that was the LAST of our sightseeing as a group! We headed back towards Athens and had a LONG days' drive ahead of us! This stop for coffee and a donut was a great place!! Patty and I split this large donut and it was excellent!!
Another thing I observed in the bigger cities when you were more in the "downtown" area was that the gas station was basically right there on the sidewalk as you drive by!! And there's no way a bus or anything larger than a car could fit to fill up!! STRANGE!!
We got to the edge of Athens and it was rush hour so we were prepared for extra time to get to our hotel - the same hotel we stayed at in the beginning of our trip! But who knew it was going to take us 2 1/2 hours to go approximately 8 miles in the city - oh my gosh - we couldn't WAIT to get off that bus!!
This time we got an extra nice hotel room for the next 2 nights!! (And yes, it's still 2 twin beds pushed together with a bedspread that covered both twins - NOT a king bed!)
Inside this frame on the wall was the tv - Patty and I NEVER turned it on for our entire trip!
We had a later dinner that night on the 7th floor, again with that fabulous view! It was a "plated" dinner and it was lamb - I can now officially say I have eaten lamb but I didn't care for it!
It was SO NICE to head to bed without setting the alarm!
2 comments:
So fancy! That donut looks great!
Can't believe it took that long to go that short distance!
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