Thursday!

It's Thursday. Almost the end of our week. Today we went to the National Archaeological Museum with my Archaeology class. We mostly toured and discussed the Mycenaean exhibit. It was pretty cool and I have a few pictures to post, but it was really interesting for me having someone who knows a lot about the exhibits tell me, since when I went last summer I was just reading and going off of what I already knew (not too much).

We got on the bus to head back to school and apartments, and I have a stressful story to tell. Well, not that bad, but it stressed me out for sure! So, we always here about the crazy Greek transportation officials that hassle riders about ticket validation, but never see them... I did! Here's the deal. You can buy tickets many places, but only validate them on the bus or train, etc you are riding with a timestamp (I'm sure this is a very very common thing in cities). The fine for an unvalidated ticket is anywhere from 40 to 60 times the ticket cost here. Today, leaving the museum, I threw my ticket, which I validated, in my bag, not giving it a second thought. An official came up and I COULD NOT FIND MY TICKET! It was the worst! I was like border-line panicking. My professor was next to me and saying, "It's okay...You have it..." and it took me literally minutes to find it in my bag. I was about to cry. It was absolutely terrifying! I pulled almost everything out of my bag and had my professor and friend holding it while that man stared at me. Absolutely ridiculous. At least he was patient with me! Next time, I will make sure to know where I put that silly ticket!

Well I'm off to post pictures and have some lunch! I'm sure I will have more stupid stories of my mistakes/adventures here soon!