Short Post on Greece

Currently I’m halfway through the first of two class days between Greece and Bulgaria. In the next 36 hours I have an exam, quiz, group meeting and papers to start…so I’m going to keep this post short.

Greece was amazing…minus the public transportation strikes. The first day I arrived the metro was under construction and I had to take a bus into Athens, but that’s a story for another day. The second and third days in Greece the taxis were on strike. The fourth and fifth days riots became more intense….and the day after we left there was a rumor circulating that the ferry system was going to be on strike. Utter chaos!

I was able to make it into Athens, see the Acropolis and the New Acropolis Museum ( I left 20 minutes before Hilary Clinton showed up) and see the parliament building. The next day I took a SAS day trip to Delphi, which was absolutely gorgeous! Then I spent two days in Mykonos running around the island and hanging out. The last day I walked around Pireaus and spent the last of my euros at the supermarket.

Greece has the best food so far! And it is the cheapest. Two euros for a Gyro…not bad!

Next stop is Varna, Bulgaria…which former SAS’ers described as Las Vegas on a beach. It is a new up and coming European beach community with casinos, shopping malls and beach bars. I have a cooking class through SAS and a Jeep safari planned otherwise I’m just going with the flow.