Greece

Walking on the Island, Aegina

We climbed thru a hole in a fence b/c the Hill at Marathon was closed, but we came all the way by bus, so we had to see it. We ran as fast as we could all the way to the hill, took some pics then ran all the way back and climbed thru the hole. We walked about 20 feet after catching our breath and there was an open gate. It was worth the exhilaration of thinking we were doing something illegal and ran up the hill where the first Marathon was run!

This is a statue of Pan, for some reason I was completely obsessed w/him. He is my favorite god.

Me running to Marathon (the hill in the back ground.)

The beach in Athens

The water was so clear, I could go out and stand on my tiptoes and still see the bottom.

Our sand castle.

We went to an outdoor movie theater and saw Angels and Demons. It was the perfect movie for Katie and I to see together, it took place in Rome, and we were excited to see all the places we went to when we were in Rome.

Athens

I was pretending to be an Ionic Column

At the top of the acropolis

The Parthenon

Aegina

Ruins on Aegina. Everything, museums and archeological sights, were free with our student card. I saved so much money.

Clear blue water

On the ferry! We made it!

Inside of the ferry we took, it was really fancy!

On the ferry

Top of Athens

Greek sunset

Temple of Olympian Zues.

Athens from the plane

I really liked Greece, it was sun, sand and water and some ancient ruins. I got sunburn and a little tan. People were mostly nice (with the acception of a few occasions...I would never go to greece alone, even just as two girls we were sometimes in bad situations). When we were lost, twice people offered us rides. Katie and I balance each other out pretty well. I, for some reason, almost got in the car cuz it was an older woman who offered us the ride, but Katie immediately said no. We tried to go to Plato's Academy, and it turned out to be in a bad part of town. In the park I noticed a guy watching us, then he started to follow us. We went down some steps and I watched him walk by the steps then stay behind a tree and turn and watch us. I told Katie we should go up the steps on the other side, she said yeah ok. At the top of the steps we stopped. The guy was following us, we pretended to hav a conversation and the guy walked by us. We quickly left the park and got on a bus. Another time we went down to the beach for a picnic but it got dark. 2 greek guys came over and one of them said something to me. It was in Greek so I didnt understand, then he said oh u speak english. I said yeah. Out of nowhere an older guy appears, and the younger guys tell him we speak english. It felt like they were surrounding us, and Katie said we hav to go and we got up and left. The old guy said to the other 2, the girls just want to be left alone. But we were already gone. There were people who would give us directions and tell us about sights and were generally helpful tho. And the scenery alone is well worth a trip to Greece. It was sad to leave, and hard to say goodbye to Katie tho. She goes home tomorrow, I'll probably not see her again. I also said goodbye to my friend Emily from IFSA today. Its really hard, I don't exactly know how to say bye, knowing I'll never see them again.