27th September - Veria to Athens

 Final day of our Grand classical tour of Greece started with us having pre-made breakfast on our balcony. We enjoyed ham and cheese omelette, muesli and yogurt, orange juice and a banana. At 9am we boarded our van and as we made our way to the last archaeological museum, we stopped to view Mount Olympus. It was another clear blue sky day. Yeah.


Mt Olympus with the V cut out (Zeus’s throne) has snow on it’s peak 8 months per year

We had a speedy view around the archaeological museum of Dion with Kosta, only walking around the ground floor. We passed by the usual pottery, marble figures and other personal items found in the area then walked over to a purpose built complex to view an enormous Roman mosaic. It was 10m x 10m and apparently took 1 year to remove from its original site to the site of the museum. It was a remarkable sight.



After the museum we went for a 15 minute walk up a pretty valley to view the mountains close the Mount Olympus. The walk was over a viaduct that had been covered to create this lovely peaceful walk with the sound of running water to accompany us.


We dropped off our guide Kosta, drove for around 4 hours, had final lunch at a taverna then were driven back to Athens in the afternoon. Carolyn & David (UK) departed at Piraeus, we did the same saying bye to Sue and our driver, Anastas.

We linked up with Steve & Veronica for a couple of drinks and a light dinner before heading back into Athens as we booked 1 night there after our tour to pick up the bags we had left.



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