Oh The Places We’ll Go

Erica and I are on day 3 of our Greek excursion and we’re having a good time…

To pick up where I left off, we had a lot of time to kill in London and made our way around the city, re-seeing everything, falling, and catching a train to Gatwick to catch our plane.  We had to practically run the entire time we were in the airport since security was INSANE.  We showed up around an hour and a half early and that still wasn’t enough time.  We checked in our bags at Easyjet, made our way to security which took absolutely FOREVER and then almost ran the entire way to the gate, which was of course the furthest one away possible, before getting on the plane.  Luckily we were one of the few rows that didn’t have anyone sitting in between us.  Maybe we smelled from the lack of showering or teeth brushing all day?  Who knows.  I don’t think the Greeks looking for seats liked us very much.  Sleeping on the plane, just as with the bus, was impossible.  I had fun dozing off, people watching, and attempting to read my book.  3 hours later, we got into Greece.

Athens is a very modern city considering the fact that it’s one of the most historically ancient cities in the world.  You know, Athenians, Gods, Zeus and all.  Everything is written in Greek and in English so getting around is really easy.  Plus, everyone speaks a lick of English so asking questions hasn’t been impossible so far.  Very surprising, since all through my travels in Europe there are at least SOME people who don’t speak English and that’s not the case here.  The metro from the airport took about 45 minutes to get into the city center, but it was cheap so we didn’t mind.  Finding the hostel was really easy.  Lots of cool, young people staying here.  Lots of Americans, surprisingly enough since most of the time you tend to run into more of the Aussie Brit crowd in hostels, but that’s not the case here.  Our room has some intense snorers, let me tell you.  I think Erica got the worst end of it though, with an older man sleeping underneath her bunk.  I’m surprised she’s getting any sleep.

My hands are hurting so I’ll update more of Greece later.  Christmas in 2 days… can’t wait!

(Oh, and Happy Hanukkah for Erica)

-Catherine