Traveling to Athens via Volos

I wasn’t a math major but when the tour director says we’re 5 hours from Athens and you’re on the bus from 8:45 am to 7:30 pm (even with the stop for lunch)...something doesn’t add up. (It feels a little like when I was young - and hated long car rides even then - and my Mom would tell me Sea World was 2 hours away when it was really 4 and a half hours...).

We stopped in a lovely coastal town, Volos, for lunch. Seafood theme today.

 

 


Grilled octopus, sardines, cod, anchovies and crayfish. I forgot to take a photo of the shrimp. Here’s what Jen thought of the fried anchovy:




But there was dessert!


Then a stop to see monuments from the battle between the Spartans and the Thespians. You may  notice that warriors (athletes) trained and fought naked. We question that practice. 

 

And this is the monument to the God of Love and sponsor of the Thespians, Ethos:

And here are some random shots:


Goddesses at the truck stop. 


This may or may not be Mt Olympus


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Now, we rest!









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