Days 3 and 4 (so far)

Here we are on my third and fourth days.

Yesterday was a very busy day. We did end up going out the night before, and even though it was quite uneventful and we mostly just wandered around the neighborhood and got ourselves acquainted with the area, I was exhausted. I had to wake up the next day though at 10, to get my books. After I got my books, Marti and I ate lunch with a kid who goes to school with her and is from Minnesota, and the three of us decided to go explore the Plaka and the acropolis. We stopped back at our apartment and Cathy and Hannah decided to come with us, and on the way to the acropolis we ran into a couple girl who live next door to us, one of which sat next to me on the plane over from the US. So the seven of us walked over there, and bought postcards and looked at the shops in the Plaka. Then we went to the acropolis, where we sat on a rock that overlooked the city and had a great view of the Parthenon. We decided not to go into the Parthenon and the part of the acropolis that you have to pay for because most likely we would be there for a class and the professors would know more about it than anyone we were with.

After that we walked back to our apartment, which is not a bad walk, as you can just cut through the national gardens, and that is like 5 blocks from our place. We sat around for a while and then Marti and I went to a crash/survival Greek class because we are the only ones from our apartment who aren't taking modern Greek. It was really difficult. Especially with ancient Greek (which you think would be helpful to learn modern Greek, but it totally is not).

Earlier all five of the girls in my apartment had signed up for a Tavern dinner. So the other three met us at the Academic building and they split us all up to go to different tavernas with other people we didn't know and professors. It was delicious food, and I met some really interesting people.

After that I went to bed. It was a very long day.

Today, was our first day of classes! It is really nice to actually have a schedule. That said it is not nice to wake up for an 8:30 class after such a busy day. Especially if you have to wake up for said class and give yourself a good half hour to walk to that class. Said class was quite interesting, and the professor had a wonderful British accent and really cool stories about archaeology, which are fun to hear about. So, I think that class is worth waking up at 8:30 every Tuesday and Thursday for. My second class for the day is at the most awkward time. Let me say first that lunch is served from noon to 3, and my morning class gets out at 10. My second class starts at 3:50. Also, let me remind you that my apartment is a good 25 minutes away, so to get to lunch I have to get there at like 2:30, and I ate today until about 3, which still gave me a good awkward 45 minutes to just sit around. The class was about Greek Myth and Religion, which I find really interesting.

Then after that class (which gets out at 5:20), I headed back to the apartment, where I have been ever since. Another thing about today is that I am super sore from walking so much yesterday and not wearing shoes with any kind of support. Walking uphill to the apartment was painful. Painful. Oh! I also took a lovely hour nap in that awkward 5 hours, one which will probably not be replicated once I have work to do. Darn.

P.S. If you want to send me anything (Postcards, cupcakes, ect.) my address is:
Becca LaFoy
DIKEMES
5 Plateia Stadiou
GR-116 35 Athens, Greece