That's what she said.
No, that is NOT what she said.
I am going to need a vacation after this vacation (okay yea it's technically study abroad, but come on, I am having a blast!). I am beyond exhausted and waking up early this morning was not pleasant in the least. I fell asleep on the short ride to Pella and had to pry myself off the bus to go into the first museum. The museum was pretty cool though. Pella was the original capital of Macedonia and the its ruins (especially known for its elaborate mosaics) were really neat to see in person. The mosaics are still in amazing condition and were part of these people's homes in ancient Pella. After seeing the site and the museum, we headed back to Thessaloniki to go the Byzantine museum. The museum was very different from what we have been looking at for the past couple of weeks. This period of time is A.D. and very Christianity-oriented versus the paganistic time of the Greek gods. There were some really neat artifacts that were in surprisingly good condition for being from the 4th and 5th centuries. There were two tombs from the Byzantine period that had been moved to this museum and they were amazing to see as well. But what I really fell in love with was this book that held ancient gospels in it. Kristen and Kara will know what I am talking about when I say that the book looked like the one that starts the fairytale of Ever After. It just reminded me of a big book of fairytales, and I kind of wanted to steal it not gonna lie. After the museum we walked back to our hotel and then headed out for lunch and shopping. I am sick of seeing the same old clothes over and over again, and if I could would buy a whole new wardrobe. I swear I am going to burn these ones when I get home. After shopping Lauren, Jackie, and I stumbled upon the bakery that Tim Brandt had told me about right before I left for Greece. We weren't even looking for it and in this huge city we literally just ran into it...it was totally fate! It's called Ble and walking into that place was like walking into a tiny heaven. The place is HUGE and has a million different pastries and desserts of all sizes and varieties to try. I asked the lady working there what was her favorite thing they had and I would take that. It was basically a biscuit or cookie type thing on bottom with a cream cheese vanilla custard on top of that. On top of the custard was a variety of berries and the whole thing was surrounded in chocolate. I had already had dessert at lunch not an hour before that so I told the lady I would take it to go thinking that I would eat it later tonight. I made it to the bench outside before I started digging in. Lauren and I ended up splitting it because she tasted it and decided she had to have some too. Fat kids at our finest. I told Barnes about it and we are going back again tomorrow for breakfast....sooooo excited! We came back and got ready for dinner. The dinner was good but the best part was I actually found a red wine that I liked! It tasted more like grape juice, but whatever; it still counts. Oh and Barnes drank enough Ouzo to tell us his story of failing calculus in college. It was in the early 90s and he totally had long hair, that he wore in two pigtails no doubt. He also wore checkered vests and high tops...great mental picture. We were crying we were laughing so hard. After dinner we came back and watched the Greece-Russia game. Takis was showing us which soccer players were single and saying if we wanted a Greek boyfriend he would hook us up with his friends. But, unless he is friends with number 18, I don't want any. Greece won 1-0, and everybody went crazy as usual. I wish America had a sport that we got behind as a nation like that (besides the Olympics and yes I know we have soccer, but nobody watches them). It's so cool to see all the bars and tavernas showing the game and people yelling and cheering together. Now bed!
"Let's pretend that we haven't eaten half of this already so I can take a picture."
"Take the picture! I am only going to be weird for 5 seconds!"
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