Cue the small violin....

Wah, wah, wah...... my camera stopped working. About to take a photo at the archaeological site where Alexander the Great was born and where King Phillip II ruled when CLICK. It goes black and won't turn back on. Since this happened 3 years ago in the middle of my 6 week adventure, I didn't panic. I'm trying to be mature about it. I do have my iPhone and it takes decent pictures..... but......still!?! (I had to have it fixed last time and have tried all the tricks to no avail). Cue the small violin because if this is my greatest problem in life, then lucky me. I am in Greece after all. 

Back to the highlights of today. It was pretty fantastic (and didn't require a lot of climbing hills or stairs so my feet and knees were glad for the break.) we started the day at a museum about Alexander the great. I've heard the name but couldn't really tell you a whole lot about him. It had a lot of artifacts from the fourth century BC. There were mosaic floors, pottery, jewelry,  armory and death masks. It was a new museum in a modern building. Had a great layout and the artifacts were cool. Next we headed to the archaeological site nearby where all of the artifacts were taken from. It is where King Philip II Ruled and where Alexander the great lived as a young child. When he was school aged he was sent away into the mountains to get in education. Then we headed to a nearby town to see a waterfall. In a country that seems so drought ridden it was a refreshing site. Next we stopped at the site of the school where Alexander the great learned. He was taught up in the mountains by Aristotle. I felt smarter just being there. :)  The last stop of the day was the tomb of King Philip II. no pictures are allowed inside. It's dark so as not to deteriorate any of the articles that were found in the tune. We could only see the outer façade of the tomb. It's amazing to see how covered up it got through the years. It makes you wonder what else is hidden deep below the earth. I would've thought that something of such significance wouldn't have been lost through time but remember to generations but that is not the case. It was amazing to see it. The way they have it staged is you walk down some stairs to see the front façade. The sides show the dirt that was dug up around it to uncover it. It was buried deep. It was amazing that they built this museum around the actual real too. It was even more amazing to be standing in front of it.

Tomorrow we stop at Mount Olympus and then start the long long long trek back to Athens. We'll spend the night at a hotel by the airport before we head to Santorini. There may not be a blog tomorrow depending upon Wi-Fi and pictures of them out of this.