Tuesday 19th May

Once again,we woke up bright and early; thankfully we couldn't hear any screeching women last night so we all got a good sleep. Meeting at he Greek school, we quickly got on the bus where we met our tour guide- Anna.she was really knowledgeable and knew everything there is to know about Greek history.  She taught us that Phillip II married 7 times,and that Thessaloniki was named after Cassanda's (Phillip's General) wife.

Time flew by whilst we were on the bus; we arrived at the museum of royal tombs. It was very dark inside as the archeologists wanted visitors to see it exactly how it was when they were found,
Inside of the museum, there were showcases which had armour, crowns, vessels and much more but most importantly there were tombs of kings and other members of the royal family within (we couldn't take any pictures in the museum.) All of the artefacts were thousands of years old, it was unbelievable!  The museum was built around the remains of Phillip IIII and Phillip II burial chambers. We even got a chance to explore them!

Once outside, we all sat down to a packed lunch to eat amongst some very greedy ants who tired their best to join us. We had a HUGE sandwich about a foot long, if not more!! This was followed by a, also HUGE,chocolate filled, croissant that was just bigger than our heads (we measured!) , before boarding the bus to go back to school.
When we arrived, we were once again greeted by the Greek children who kindly taught us different handclap games. We exchanged some with them too. As well as this, we were taught Greek lyrics to go along with them, we can't wait to share these with you once we are home.
We met a nine year old girl called Aggelina; she gave us a picture of herself with her name written on it which was really kind. The children love to practise their English with us and are all very friendly.

The teachers were in a meeting so we stayed in the hall watching art lessons and playing with the children. A teacher gave us some sweet pastries/ cakes as a treat which included miniature cheesecakes, chocolate covered delicacies and much more. They were delicious.
               
 After this, we headed back to the hotel on the bus. We had a rest, a shower and got changed to go and get dinner at the highly rated High School Pizza Bar. We shared the pizzas one between two, Mrs Clark and Miss Sinnott got Farmer's pizza and we got Capese. It was delicious. Once we had ate our food, we wandered around the town square and once again ordered some very nice ice cream: pistachio, snicker and mango.

We are off to bed feeling tired, full and excited for tomorrow.

        Good Night,


                                Keira and Anna xxx