After about an hour of driving, the bus reached the Corinth Canal where we stopped for a coffee break. It was pretty amazing to see in person. Funny thing is that the canal's water level isn't very deep (9 meters or something like that, if memory serves). According to our tour guide, boats were dragged over this area via rail lines to facilitate travel around Greece.

After this break, we continued on to Mycenes.

Mycenes is where you find a fortress where Agamemnon lived. Our tour guide explained how the fortress was built during two separate periods that you could see from the style of masonry in the walls. In this picture, you see the stone doorways that were build using a basic arch. That triangular piece with the lions carved on it is what's responsible for distributing weight to the outside of the the door.

The interior of the fortress didn't make for terribly interesting photos. You can e-mail me if you're really interested in seeing more rocks. :-)

A short distance away from the fortress is a grave site. Yener's standing in front of the entrance where you see the same triangular top to the doorway. The interior of this site is shaped like a beehive. When we went in, I was a little surprised at the size of the interior; there were benches made out of stone along the perimeter of the room supposedly for people to pay their last respects to the dead.

This room stank of some odor I didn't want to think about too much, so Yener and I didn't stay in there too long.

Yener and I climbed up the stairs and tested the acoustics. Yes, you really could hear very well from waaaaaaay up there! I think the funniest part was watching people clap and whisper and even attempt singing on this ancient stage. You'll notice that there are no hand rails...one must be very careful when going up or down the steps!