Cape Sounion

We had a free morning in Athens. Kara, Linh, and I thought that we saw most of the sites the day before on the panoramic tour and decided to use the morning to catch up on sleep and work. In the afternoon we drove out to Cape Sounion. The highway we took was along the coast and it was so hard to concentrate on the class we were having on the bus because I was too busy looking out the window.  We visited Poseidon's temple, which has the most amazing views of the ocean and the mainland.  It is amazingly beautiful. 
The next day we went to Corinth and Mycenae. Corinth was long and hot.  It was very interesting to be there because of all of the history that I have gotten from Bible classes and of course all of the stories from Paul's travels.  We met with Ben's classical architecture professor who works at the site.  Everything he had to say was all very interesting. I don't understand why we had to stand in the heat while he talked and no offense to any architects out there but I found that bit to be a little boring.  Mycenae was really cool. We had just finished reading Agamemnon's stories in one of my classes to it was interesting to see one of the places we were reading about.  We visited a site called Agamemnon's tomb. It is called this not because there is any definite proof about Agamemnon being laid to rest here but because he is the most prominent regent of the region.  I feel bad for the king, who actually belonged to the tomb.  We also saw an owl inside the tomb. That was really cool, we hear so much about them (being Athena's symbol). Then we went to Agamemnon's palace (again no proof that it is his just the most prominent regent).  This was the first ancient palace that I have really ever seen. We went down to the bottom of the cistern. It was cold, dark, and wet. Not the best place for someone who is clumsy like me to be venturing into.  We had to use the light from our cell phones to be able to make it down to the bottom.
When we got back to the hotel Linh, David, and I had to rush to get ready because the three of us were going to the opening ceremonies of the Special Olympics.  Everyone else thought that 40 euros was too much to spend but we thought that it was worth it to see this while we were in Athens.  We decided that I would save the seats (it was open seating) and David and Linh would go find food.  We had to sneak some gyros and chips in because they do not allow food in the stadium.  The ceremony was amazing.  Stevie Wonder was there and he performed.  It was definitely an unforgettable night.