[Day Can't Remember] New Hostel and Benaki Museum

After getting lost, despite clear instructions, we found the San Remo hostel. It's in a pretty rundown tired out kind of area and on a main road. It reminds me of Lowesmoor I guess... It's just an inner city area that suffers from quite a bit of graffiti and doesn't get many tourists. My guess is that it's the kind of place that the Greeks stay when in Athens (an average Greek salary is only 600-700 euros a month!).

There is a shared bathroom and a roof terrace here. There is only one plug socket between the three of us. The sink is out of order in our room. The beds are nicer than S&T though. I guess that does make up for it a little. Somewhere there is a kitchen, but we haven't found it yet... Everything is clean though, so I guess we shouldn't grumble too much...

We've reassessed our budget as well. San Remo has a pretty good information board and it has all the times for trains and buses (and where to catch them from). To get to Corinth by train (2 mins walk away) it will only cost us 6 euros. However, to get to Olympia it's going to cost us 5o euros return. We've decided, after not much deliberation at all, to strike Olympia off the list. Maybe if they offer an excusion or cheaper route from Corinth, but as it stands, we just can't go.

There is a parrot in this hostel. He is an African Grey. He can't speak but he shrieks like mad. He has right outside our room and right next to my ear. In a minute I'm going to politely as that he is moved because he is annoying me and my ears hurt.

We went to the Benaki Museum today. It was pretty useless to us. We learned nothing from it and only took one picture. Although it was recommended by our lecturer, there was nothing there for us to see, so it was a wasted journey. The only good thing out of it was that I got to try a greek pie (finally). Greek pies have sweet pastry compared to English ones, but other than that they're pretty normal. I'm going to try the Feta and Spinach ones next though, for a bit of Athenian flavour.

Tomorrow is either the Kerameikos or an internet research day. It all depends on the weather...