Nafplio day + Sparta night

So we woke up in the town of Nafplio today. Nafplio was the first capital of the Greek independent state back in the day. There was a continental breakfast provided by the hotel so we all hit that up before we met for class. We first started our day of class at the war museum. We learned about the first president of the Greek independent state - Ioannis Kapodistrias. We even saw the church where he was assassinated at - yeah, I definitely got the chills just standing in front of it. It reminded me of the scene in batman begins where Bruce's family walks outside and his parents get shot by that pick-pocketer. Man I miss movies. That whole morning we were all hyped up about climbing Acronafplia - 999 steps of fun!!! We were all dreading the climb but I was actually looking forward to it! After the war museum we headed over to the first step of the climb. At the base there was a little shop and a bench. We all bought waters and started stretching out legs to prepare for the climb. Some people even got out there ipods so they could have some music to motivate them along the way. Haha, they made me laugh. The climb really wasn't that bad. The whole way up we would joke by counting the steps or saying "this is my workout for the rest of the year!" Everytime we would stop and take a break you would look over the ledge and there would be this beautiful view of the town of Nafplio down below. Once we got to the top it was like a giant maze/jungle gym with stairs going even further to the top. We stayed up there forever just exploring and doing whatever like posing in pictures and what not. Our group is so AWESOME! I'm going to miss these people so much. It's like we all know how to have fun together.

So after that Shaina and I got lunch in the square or plateia as it is called in Greek. I told our waiter that I wanted "chicken gyro" and he was like "breast or leg?" Yeah, he totally brought me the wrong freakin thing but it was ok because it was an experience and I laughed about it with everyone later. We also got ice cream and then got on the bus for like 2 hours to Sparta. The mountains were so beautiful! You know it's hard to read when you have these picturesque right outside your window. But we got to Sparta, checked into our hotel and then had class for about 1 hour and 30 minutes. Then some of us went out to dinner. Alice and Aubrey came with us. We had so much fun. We were all laughing and having a grand old time. I tried lamb for the first time. On the menu it was spelled Lamp. It was really filling. I couldn't finish it, plus it wasn't that great but definitely something to try. So after eating we were all having fun by reciting lines from My Big Fat Greek Wedding - specifically the part where his mom is like "uh I'm sorry but I'm a vegetarian" then the Greek woman goes "oh, that's ok, I'll make lamb!" Haha great movie! I'm watching that when I get home by the way. We were cracking up. Then we all headed back to the hotel and studied for the quiz for a while until we went to bed.