Friday, June 25, 2010

Athens!

Yesterday, after a long and tiresome flight we finally arrived in Athens a little before 11 am. Luckily, Delta was able to put our three seats together, yet we also got the shaft to the last row of the plane. This put me on the aisle next to the bathroom...lets just say there was a constant influx of people coming back there and running into me aka not so restful. Anyways, after what seemed like forever we were on our way to the hotel.
Isabelle was feeling a little motion sick so Sarah and I decided to walk around outside our hotel. We went to the Plaka area nearby and saw some street vendors and also got some gelato (definitely not as good as Italy's). After that, we met back up with Isabelle and watched the Italy soccer game at a restaurant nearby. We then went to dinner and by this time, we were exhausted! I feel asleep last night at 7:45...it wasn't the most enjoyable sleep though because I woke up several times and had trouble falling back asleep when the clock said 11:30.
This morning we went to the Acropolis and also saw the theater of Dionysus. The top of the Acropolis had an amazing view of the surrounding city. We then went to the New Museum of the Acropolis, which I had never been to, but was very interesting. They had artifacts that dated to the 300s B.C.. crazy stuff!
After walking around all morning, we went on a search to find some delicious Greek food. Isabelle and I had chicken souvlaki and it was awesome. We have pretty much walked the area surrounding our hotel a million times, so this afternoon we have just been laying on the rooftop. It has a perfect view of the acropolis. In a little bit, we might go watch some more soccer/have dinner... We leave for Mykonos bright and early tomorrow morning at 6 15!! AH but I just talked to some Americans in the hotel and they told me to go to Paradise beach where apparently "they party all day and night and breakfast is served all day"
Should be fun and I can't wait!

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