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Thursday was another busy day.  In the morning, we went to the Byzantine Museum and the Archeological Museum of Thessaloniki.  It was a long morning of walking around museums.  They had interesting gold jewelry from the Byzantine period, among many other artifacts.  After the museums, we went to see the Arch of Galerius and the Rotunda.  The Rotunda was closed, however, so we only saw the outside.  

The next stop was the Palace of Galerius which is right in the middle of a square, so there is a clash of old and new.  There were also cool floor mosaics that had been restored.  Mosaics are one of my favorite things to see here.  After seeing the palace, we walked back to the hotel, and I went back to the market.  I found a whole other section I had not seen on Wednesday, with clothes shops.  After the market, I found Trigones Elenidis, a pastry shop specializing in trigones (triangular pastries with cream in them).  I walked past the bakery twice before I finally found it.  It was a pretty small place and not exactly on the corner as I had been expecting, so it was harder to find than I had expected, but in the end, I found it!  The trigona I got was very good.  I ate it while sitting by the sea and the White Tower.  

In the evening, we went to the Acheiropoieitos and Agia Sophia churches.  They were each unique and from the early years of Christianity, with beautiful mosaics and icons.  For dinner, I went to the Zithos beerhouse and had mavti, a homemade pasta with meat inside served on a bed of yogurt.  It was good to try something new, and I really liked it.  After dinner, we went to another bakery for some yummy dessert.

Yesterday we drove a lot.  We made one stop at Dion, a big archeological park that was the site of a main sanctuary and city in ancient Macedonia. 

Other than that, we drove 6 hours to get back to Athens.  It’s was really warm evening, so we went to go see Sex and the City 2 at an open air movie theater.  Today is supposed to be a beautiful day, so I’m going to the beach.  J