4 Country Capstone

Yesterday was a great day in general, although I felt pretty crabby and had developed a headach half way through the day. We went to an archeological site where they found the ruins of King Philip, father of Alexander the Great. There were three tombs all together. I was amazing to see their ability to construct such beautiful structures that are still standing today!! They were built around 330 B.C. They don't mummify their royalty like the Egyptians do. They cover them in wine and oil and burn them. They take the remaining bones and ashes and put them in a small box then cover them with a purple cloth. The cloth had gold flower bead-like things on them that were still intact!!! The gold crowns that they wore were also still intact. I baffles me how these things can hold up through all the years

After the tomb, we went to another site where they discovered a city! I was in a pretty bad mood and really couldn't enjoy it much, which was unfortunate. There were foundations, parts of walls, columns, even statues still stood. I didn't get to see all of it because it closed at 3 and we got there at 2:15.

 It is not surprising that our time was not budgeted well, because our professor has a horrible concept of how long it takes to get place. The whole group is having trouble with the lack of communication that is going on. No one ever knows what time we are leaving and when we ask, the professor gets upset and says that we don't listen. Even though, our graduate assistant on the trip doesn't know either! That part is pretty frustrating.

Today was a rainy day. We got up late and ate gyros, and tried calamari. They were both delicious. Then the "rooms" and I read while it poured and napped. There are no plans today and unfortunately, the weather makes it so we have to stay inside. Tomorrow we leave for Athens. We have to be on the bus at 5 am and get there at 3 pm. I am not looking forward to that ride. I won't  be as bad as the one to Greece, but it will be close.