Going Greek

Dear NASA, your mom thought I was big enough. Sincerely, Pluto.
Pluto wiener jokes...you just made my life. Cheers to that!

Six hour bus rides are not the most exciting thing in the world. I probably slept 5 and a half out of those 6. We did get to see Mount Olympus (the tallest mountain in Greece) though, and that was pretty cool. We did find out on the way back to Athens that Irini had been Linkin Park's tour guide in Athens some time ago. She was laughing because nobody in Greece recognized them, but since she had friends and acquaintances coming up and talking to her all day, she was more famous then them here. Very cool! We got back to Athens mid-afternoon, and it was slightly odd because it felt like we had come back home. It seems forever ago since we were last there and since it was where we had started, it just felt like home. Especially seeing the Acropolis again, that was like a too-familiar site now. We went and shopped around the Plaka some more and then headed back to get ready for dinner. It was our farewell dinner with Irini. I am really going to miss her, and it was so sad leaving her behind. She was definitely more like a friend than a guide, as cheesy as that sounds. She and Thalia (one of the manager's of the tour guide company that our program is through) gave us all gifts to remember them and our time in Greece by. After dinner we headed to a little bar for our last night out with Irini. The bar was really cool and had all these different colors and flavors of alcohol lit up along their shelves. The alcohol tasted like cough syrup but at least it was pretty! Then it was back to the hotel and bed to rest up for our early morning to the islands tomorrow. So excited for this little mini vacation from our vacation!

By the way, Lauren and I thought we would go up to the top of the hotel to see the Acropolis all lit up one last time. You can see the Acropolis museum from where we were at and I swear to God we saw a centaur in there. Okay maybe it was just a guy riding a machine that I am assuming cleaned the floors there, but it freaked us the hell out. That is the exact area where the centaur pediments are displayed as well. We got the hell off the top of that roof is all I know.