Monday, June 9 - Mycenae

Darryn's birthday. After an awesome breakfast we embarked on our second day in Mycenae, where we visited the archaeological site of Agememon's palace and tomb and some other rocky things. Agememon was the leader of the Greeks in the Trojan War and we learned all about the myth so that was fun. Then we got taken to some pottery store where we were given a demonstration and encouraged to spend our fat dollars on ancient pots. We both found something we liked (for presents) but I learned my lesson from the trip to Spain and decided to wait and see because we'd probably find the same stuff at a store down the road for half the price.

And, as it turned out, we did. We stopped for lunch at some dodgy restaurant where everyone sat down to eat except us. After a couple of rice cakes and extremely loud, giggly jokes we wondered down the town street (yes, there was only one) and stumbled across a massive souvenir shop that sold the exact same pots for, you guessed it, half the price. So we stocked up.

The hotel tonight was pretty crap, and we didn't enjoy it much. No pool either. Just had dinner and watched Who Framed Roger Rabbit.