Our first stop of the day was in Verea, which we pronounce Berea in America, here they have these beautiful gold mosaics dedicated to Paul (apparently he passed through here). And they have these marble steps that he supposedly preached from. What I found most intriguing about this site was that there was a mosque right next to it. Now you don't see very many mosques in Greece and to have one so close to a clearly Christian site was strange but cool nonetheless. That's pretty much all we did in Verea except eat. I had a gyro and gelato (shocker right?).
Quick side note on Greek food. They don't only have gyros and gelato. And despite what it may seem like from my blog I did eat other things. Something weird about Greece is that it is about 6-8 euros cheaper to get food to go than to eat it in a restaurant, so most of the time for lunch we would just get gyros. The other food that we had would mostly be during dinner and I really haven't been blogging about dinners. In my opinion Greek food is a mix between Turkish food and Italian food, so it's all very good.
Next we went to Pella, which is the birth place of Alexander the Great. They really like this guy in Greece. There are myths about him being the son of Zeus and there is probably a statue of him in every Greece city. We weren't allowed to go to the site of Pella itself because it was recently discovered so it is still under excavation. But we did get to go to the museum. We saw these amazing floor mosaics and marbles that covered the walls of the wealthy's houses. We also saw the shop that would belong to a maker of pottery. There were also gold laurel wreaths, awarded to winners of games (like the Olympics). Needless to say it was the next best thing to the site itself.
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