Our last day in Greece

Monday Oct 17, 2011.

We awoke about 7:00 this morning. Our last day in Greece. We puttered around the room for a while. The little church that is outside our window, had a steady stream of people entering and leaving. On average about 1 person every two minutes. We went down for breakfast about 8:15. Very enjoyable. The scrambled eggs were freshly made and the bacon, although not crisp, was good. Even the milk was cool this morning. We then arranged to have a wake-up call at 1:45 AM tomorrow morning and a taxi to take us to the airport at 2:30 AM. Then we headed out SHOPPING.

We were out by 9:30 and half the shops were not even open. We hiked over to the base of the acropolis so that I could take one more picture. Then shop, shop, shop ... We bought gyros at about 1:00 PM and then headed back to the hotel to unload our booty. Then off on a 3 km walk to visit the Museum of Natural History. As we walked we passed several different groups of protesters. All was peaceful, but there were police everywhere. We spent about 3 hours in the museum. There is so much to see. I liked the ancient history (6000-3000 BC) part the best. We then started in the sculpture wing. Initially I was enthralled but after 100's of statues I was getting a little less enthusiastic. Then we went to the second floor. This is where the collection of vases was. Wow these are awesome. But then after literally thousands of vases, my interest waned. We visited the exhibit of myths and coins. Very interesting. And then headed out. More shopping was in store. And more shopping. And more shopping. Finally mom let me eat some supper and come back to the hotel. So that was our last day. Shopping and museum. Great time.