March 14: Sounio

We took a school-sponsored trip to the Steel mines of Sounio and the temple of Poseidon. Don't let 'school-sponsered' title deceive you because the trip did anything but go according to plan.

The mines of Sounio were really interesting, the silver was used to raise money for Greece's navy. After learning about how silver was mined and processed to create a finished product, we made our way to Latvio.

Latvio serves as home to the Temple of Poseidon and one of the worlds top 10 most beautiful and affordable beaches. While the ends made the trip worthwhile, the means were definitely costly. We were dropped of - literally - 4 miles from the site (although we didn't know it). After breaking from the path to blaze a new downhill path to an ancient site where silver was processed, we continued our search for an ancient lookout. We soon realized that we were again not where we wanted to be and were forced to scale a rock wall. No joke.

We made it to the lookout castle and then began the long walk to the coast (where the temple and nice beach is located). We finally arrived to the coast, had a nice lunch along the coast, and then viewed the Temple of Poseidon. The view from the Temple was breathtaking, the way the sun hit the water made it look like the sea was coated in millions of diamonds.

Tired from the day, we all boarded the bus and slept the whole way home.