Corinth, Mycene, AND Nauplion

Today we had a loonnng and eventful day!
First we started off in the beautiful Corinth, one of the places where Paul from the New Testament had visited and made some speeches back in the day (on the right is one of the many pictures I took of the Ancient site where Paul supposedly spoke!). There was also a really cool slab of concrete (it's more interesting than it sounds, I promise!) that was used as a start line when they used to have races in Ancient times (as a runner, I really enjoyed learning about this!). Another cool artifact we got to see during this site visit was a statue of Augustus, Caesar's son!


After exploring the site we got to visit one of our professor's long time friend, who lived a few minutes down the road of the site (how cool would that be?!). She was nice enough to let our big group of 20 ish people into her home and get this, feed us! She put together some homemade corn bread and apple bread and offered us fresh oranges picked from her backyard, and let me say, that was one of the juiciest/best oranges I've had in my life!

Once we had all thoroughly enjoyed our snacks, it was time to head out to our next destination, Mycene. Here we were able to see a bunch of cool new sites with lots of hills to climb! Luckily the hills seem to be getting easier to climb each trip (I'm telling you, legs of steal when I get back). At the top of the hill there was a little surprise, a dark cave open for exploring! Fortunately I was able to tag along with some who came prepared with a light so we could see where we were stepping (it was pitch black). Once we got to the bottom it seemed like it was an old well that no longer had any water in it. Left: a picture of Becca and I at the bottom!

After we fully explored Mycene, or as much as we could have explored in the time allotted, we headed to Nauplion (I told you it was a long day!). There we got to explore a super awesome castle, that overlooked the beautiful blue water (possibly the Argolic Gulf). The castle was huge, and there was so much to explore, that every time you turned there was yet another breath taking view to see. I'd go back there to visit in a heartbeat!

To finish off the day we headed down to the lower part of Nauplion (closer to the pretty water) where we went to have a late lunch (I got a delicious chicken gyro) and then more time to explore around town. While we were out exploring, Angela and I noticed a bakery store that was open. And I think you know what's coming next don't cha? We just had to stop and check it out on the way back! There were lots of scrumptious looking dessert type items. After we took all of the wonderful deliciousness in, it took us a few minutes to figure out which one we wanted. In the end, Angela shared a good sized cake that we weren't sure exactly what it was at first, but after a good tasting, we knew it was Nutella. Too bad I didn't catch the name of the place (I was too busy enjoying omnom!) or else I would definitely  recommend going there!

Tomorrow's plans are a little bit more relaxed, including a well awaited day to sleep in! Then we are going to head down to Athens again as a group, and we might even be able to get some shopping time in!