I didn't sleep well last night due to the mattress, which had the comforting properties of concrete. Also, as proof that I wasn't lying to anyone about seeing the largest beetle ever, I give you this photo. I first heard it flying around last night when I was outside skyping with Nicole. It sounded like a B-17 flying overhead. Then it randomly plummeted to the ground about 20 feet in front of me and proceeded to wander slowly.
When I got up for breakfast the following morning, it was pretty much in the same spot. Perhaps my photos don't really give the scale, but here you see Spiros holding it up.
Our only real stop today was to a nunnery in Meteora. The nuns are no better than those weasely monks. The nun collecting the money was very unprofessional. She was yakking it up on her cell phone with somebody important -- maybe it was one of the Saints . . . or perhaps she was arranging a hot date with those monks. But once that mother of mine tried to sneak by wearing capri pants, the lady went full nun on us. "Pantalones!!!!, Pantalones!!!," she screeched. Mom was once again forced to wear some sort of skirt apparatus.
The remainder of the day was spent in the taxi. It was a long drive back to Athens. I kept falling asleep. We didn't get into town until 4:00. We figured everything would have already closed since they have a habit of closing at 3, but it turns out that the Acropolis was still open.
It was, however, covered in lots of scaffolding and restoration work. Still, the condition was better than many things we have seen in Greece. My Dad was very excited about all this. We circled the entire complex more than once. It was tough to keep up as he pranced around sassily, hand on hip.
When we have regained our energy and get a decent night of sleep (hopefully), we will be doing a bit more walking tomorrow. But for right now, I need some food. Until next time.
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