74 degrees, sunny
Our second day in Athens was mostly spent in museums, the Museum of Popular Greek Instruments, and the National Archaeological museum. We also strolled through another agora of the Roman persuasion and then back to the olympic stadium.
The Olympic Stadium comes in at number one on the list of cool stuff I saw yesterday.
I know I know a lot of pictures but I just thought being in this stadium was amazing! Even if you aren't nutty about the olympics like, say, me the structure of the stadium in and of itself is impressive. The whole thing is made of marble. You can get 70,000 plus people in it and there is a pretty great view from almost every seat.
Some of my other favorite sights of the day was the sculpture collection at the National Archaeological Museum.
There were also some really neat sculptures found underwater off the coast of athens.
we walked around the city until the sun went down, grabbed some dinner on a rooftop cafe near the acropolis, and then headed to the train station where we took a night train back to Thessaloniki.
The night train was hellish. Hot, noisy, people speaking loudly in greek, and bright- conditions not conducive to sleeping in the least.
Today, in Thessaloniki we searched unsuccessfully for one of the public museums the New York Times suggested. We went to a greek orthodox church instead which was insanely ornate and fragrant. We came across many other mosques and churches all of which were closed. So instead we played cards in the park, watched a pack of dogs wrestle, and just hung out enjoying the sunshine.
Tomorrow, at 11 we begin our travels back to Copenhagen. I can't believe how fast this break has gone by. There have been so many great experiences all packed into a short amount of time!
More from the north
Allison
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