Today's post is going to be somewhat quick because I am tired and lazy.
1. Ellie and I woke up and then hopped onto a bus for the 3 hour bus ride to Athens. I slept the whole time.
2.We arrived in Athens, and immediatley had issues. It is so crowded that the bus could not stop anywhere for us to get out and unload our luggage. The police started yelling at us and the bus driver, it was crazy and a great way to start off our first day.
3.We all gathered our stuff eventually and went to the Athens Center Square Hotel. It is by far the nicest and most modern of all the places we have stayed. Very nice rooms and best of all, the showers are awesome. In addition to that, Holly and I also managed to fanagle (sp?) becoming room partners.
4.Just a short walk down the street, and we all ate lunch outside at a resturant (Sorry I cannot be more descriptive with the resturants, but they are all written in Greek so I cannot even read the names of them). I ate a chicken gyro. Rachel, Ellie, Caroline, Abby, and I all sat on the bar stools facing the road, and literally the scariest thing happened with a man we like to call Crazy Eyes. He was crazy looking, and I swear to the good lord almighty he started to stalk us. He would circle around the block and then stop in front of our seat and just stare at us for a solid couple of seconds. One time he even stared at me dead in the face adn started saying a bunch of greek crazy talk and pointing to me. I got concerned then because this was his second or third time to pass us by.
5. Luckily we left lunch soon after that, but things did not improve that much. Our large group split into 2 smaller ones. My group was Holly (Hartman), Carly (Cannon), Holly, Ellie, Rachel, Abby, Callie, and myself. We decided to go in a meat market to take pictures. Bad choice. The butchers there are so perverted and gross. Ew. Plus, the market disgusted me as rabbits, lambs, and pigs were skinned and hung by there feet. All of us looked for the quickest way out of there.
6. Our group then went around the city and took pictures and shopped which was much nicer. One of my favorite places was a thrift/antique place. It was 3 floors full of goods that covered every inch of possible space ceilings and walls included. At around 4pm, our group went back to the hotel to meet up with the other one.
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| The staircase in the thrift shop. It was packed with awesome stuff. |
7. As one group, we all went to the Acropolis. The Acropolis is perched on a hill (possibly small mountain top) and has amazing views of the city. It was a pretty building, but it was a shame that they are restoring it because there was a ton of machinery all around the building. Another gross moment occured in my life: a stray dog ran by us carrying a dead kitten in its mouth. A depressing moment for sure.
8. After leaving the Acrop, our leaders surprised us with an hour and a half to shop. I got Jordan a gift so she does not have to worry one bit, and I can promise her it is not just a keychain like she was expecting. ;)
9. Famished from the shopping, walking, and site-seeing, our group headed for dinner. We ate at a very nice greek resturant that played live greek music, and had Greek dancers. It was a lot of fun, and a great dinner. I had spinich crepes which really are just spinich enchiladas. They were good, but made me crave Mexican food.
10. With Dinner in our bellies, we walked back home and went to bed.
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