Athens 1998

Jo-Ann
25.7.98 - Slept in and went to the museum in Athens.  Looked at shops, they shut at 4pm so didn't have a lot of time.  The museum was huge and had heaps of artefacts - too many, a bit boring. On the bus home some beggars got on and sang for us so we gave them some money.  Got back late and watched T.V. and had an early night.
26.7.98 - Had breakfast at Goodies down the road from the hotel.  Drove to airport to have a look but it was so big and busy we didn't stop.  Swam in the hotel pool and generally laid around.  Went to the beach restaurant across the road from hotel. Had an early night and packed for Santorini.


Christain
Day 30 - Today we went to the museum.  We saw lots of statues and pots and ornaments.  We also saw the mask of a man that was flattened out.  When they used to die they would cover their face.with gold masks and jewellery.  I found out they invented safety pins in 2000 B.C. They used to make mirrors out of polished bronze metal.  But because bronze rusts it was all green and rusted.  The museum even had Egyptians tombs that had been traded back then.  After that we had a swim in the pool which was nice.
Day 31 - We went to the pool to stay the whole day.  The pool was good with water that was warm and the sun drying you off.  For tea we went to the beach to a restaurant and had spaghetti.  We had a bit of a swim in the sea as well and did some snorkelling before eating dinner.  Joshua and I made a sand castle at the beach and we could skip rocks.


Joshua
Day 30 - Today we caught the bus into the city.  When we got to the museum we had to hang our own bags up, you weren't allowed to take them in.  When we got into it we saw lots of jewellery and upstairs there were millions of pots with pictures on them.  We caught a bus home and some people came and sang a song and we gave them some money.  When we got home we watched a movie called the Cable Guy.
Day 31 - We drove to the centre square and we went to a place called Goodies for breakfast and the food was nice.  We came back to the hotel and had a long swim in the pool.  after that we went to the beach and went snorkelling and had tea at a restaurant on the beach.