Thursday, September 16, 2010

I have a feeling I'm not in Minnesota anymore....


Since coming back from Mykonos, my life has been very quiet. I have gone to class, I have come home from class. I have done work, I have gone to bed, and the cycle continued. Except for a brief interlude yesterday when I went to Heinrich Schliemann's house for a field trip yesterday! I have such a love/hate relationship with him. As in I love to hate him. Here are a couple pictures of his house! Isn't it pretty?

Today however, I decided that I needed to do laundry to add a little spice in my life, as well as a clean towel and clothes. By the time my last class had ended though I wasn't done and decided to throw my stuff in the dryer and hang out at the Academic Center for my clothes to be dry, while going over there though, I noticed a larger number of people in front of the Olympic Stadium than there usually are, I assumed that there were lots of tourists or something, so I went in and started drying my clothes and then I sat on the top floor of the Academic Center which has a great view of the Parthenon, and the Olympic Stadium. Someone mentioned that there was a soccer game tonight Croatia vs. Greece and for some reason the Croatian soccer fans decided to meet in front of the Olympic Stadium. Only they were all quite drunk, and soon the police were called in. And then the riot police. I could feel the tension rising, so I went out on the balcony and watched what was happening. At first, not much. And then, as more and more soccer fans came, it slowly went out of control, and the police were forced to use smoke bombs, and there were people throwing chairs and beer bottles, and a lucky few people got arrested. Luckily I had decided to throw my camera into my bag before I left for my afternoon classes, and so I was able to snap a couple pictures. Feast your eyes on these beauties! Yeah. I'm for sure not in Minnesota anymore.

2 comments:

  1. I am so, so amused by the fact that there's this riot going on, and smoke bombs, and arrests, and then there's Becca, sitting on a balcony, taking pictures of it. It was only a matter of time before you took of picture of something as dramatic as a riot. Only a matter of time.

    Oh, those wild Croats, and their drinking ways. I'm think I'm going to take their side on this one. I'm sure they didn't *mean* to cause a riot.

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  2. lol Anna. also Becca I would like to note that you seem to have a much less adventurous time than me doing laundry and a much more adventurous time than me doing everything else.

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