Mycenae

We got up early this morning, checked out of our hostel but left our big suitcases in the boss' office and packed out carryons. We were headed out for our trip to the Peloponnese. We joined up with another roommate who was also headed to the bus station; we rode the metro first and walked from the last station to the bus terminal. We did get a bit turned around (I knew we needed to triangulate our position!) but eventually got back on track. But Laura, the girl with us, got worried about getting lost again and kept wanting to ask for directions so the walk was longer than it should've been. It's definitely not a trek we'll be repeating.

Anyway, we made to Mycenae safely in three hours. Since the site would only take about two hours to explore, we hung out at the hotel for a bit, took a dip in the pool and watched the World Cup game on TV (Greece lost, unfortunately.) Then we walked to the ancient citadel and saw a lot of the things we'd learned about in school. Definitely a worthwhile place to visit.

As we were leaving, we happened to run into the one other person we knew in Greece: Jonathan, whom we had both met at Porolissum last year. His dig team hiked from Korfos to Mycenae and we caught them right before their taxi came to take them back.

So it wasn't much time to catch up but we're going to Korfos tomorrow for a proper reunion. We'll have breakfast at the hotel and then head out. What a great and strange day it's been!