Is it a Candle???

 
 

Today we took a day trip to the Mycenae ruins as well as a small village called Nafplio and it was simply gorgeous. I have to say that Greece has completely surpassed any expectations I had set prior to the trip. The sights and views are unreal. It feels like I'm looking at a painting. The best part is that I've only seen a small fraction of country. We're heading to an island tomorrow so that should be amazing, but I am just so blown away by how beautiful this country really is.

Our group ate a late lunch in Nafplio and we ended up in a little cafe with a specialty tea menu. I ordered a honey and orange black tea (pictured above) and it was so good. The tea order came with small Greek doughnuts which were basically warm honey buns.

For lunch I ordered a cheese burger, which to some may sound like cheating, but honestly this burger was unlike anything you could find in the states. It was almost closer to sausage than beef, which wouldn't be surprising since cows are not common in Greece. Most of the group ordered different types of pizza, but the specialty tea made the meal for sure. Of course a stray dog crashed our meal as a stray has pretty much crashed every meal on this trip. It was also pretty funny the way the cafe delivered the check. It was a little receipt inside a tiny little tube. Us ignorant Americans had no clue what we were looking at. Someone suggested it was a candle, Laura even smelled the inside. When we realized it was the check we laughed our heads off.

After lunch the tour guide recommend that we try this Italian ice cream shop because they have specialty flavors. I couldn't even tell you what the name of the kind I got was because it was in Italian, but it was a vanilla with hardened chocolate dripped over the top. I enjoyed it while exploring the village with Emily.

On our exploration we met this old man that owned an olive oil shop. He was so nice and interesting. He has two kids studying on the East coast in the states. We asked him how the financial crisis was affecting his business and he said that it was, but he didn't care because all he wanted to do was retire in the US so he could be by his children. It was very sweet and he hooked us up with some cool olive oils to take home.

We have one more day trip on Friday and a free day Saturday which I think we might check out the Olympic stadium. Then Sunday at 3 am its off to Roma!