2/8/02 Athens, Greece (Phill)
Just as I sat down to write this someone tapped me on the shoulder and it was Simon my friend I was supposed to meet in Athens. Cool stuff, I'm glad he made it, I had my doubts :) Plus I've been avoiding doing the Acroplis/Parthenon with my dorm-mates becuase I figured I'd do it with Simon. At least now they'll know I wasn't just avoiding them :)
On that topic, the people in the hostel are extemely cool. Some of the nicest I've met so far. There's a couple of Icelandic girls, a couple of Canadian girls, a Spaniard, an Argentinian and even Miguel from Austin! Yup, from Austin. Anyway, I've been hanging out with those guys pretty much all day (more like all night!) and it's been fun.
I almost had a great deal out of here. Turns out Air Italia (Alitalia) fly to Berlin from here but it stops off in Rome. I spent a few hours today trying to convince them to let me get off the plane in Rome for a few days and get back on and continue to Berlin. No go! It's actually cheaper to fly to Berlin (via Rome) than it is to fly directly to Rome. Plus, one of the lovely German girls from Ireland is going rafting in Germany in a few weeks so we're trying to work out if I can go do that. That'd be cool.
Today I did a few of the major sights. The National Archeological Musem, The Toman Agora of Athens, Olympieon and the National Gardens. The coolest thing is that they're all free if you're an EU Student. Of course, I'm not, but I've been able to talk my way into each of the sights for free so far. :) Hey! It's allowed, I'm unemployed....
I think I'm going to jump on a ferry to Italy on the night of the 4th (20 hour journey) and go to Rome, maybe take another ferry to Croatia after that. Really I just want to head back to Northern Europe cause there's so many people I want to see there. I'm trying not to rush too much.
Posted by Admin at August 2, 2002 07:27 AM