I know I haven't written any thing about Rome or my last week in Sevilla but I will write more about that later, because I am loving Greece! I am going to have a hard time answering the classic question of which city is my favorite, because I feel like everywhere I go to I think is my favorite! Last weekend Rome was my favorite city ever and right now it is Athens.
I am not lying when I saw that the greek people are the nicest in the world. Honestly every one we met has been great. All of the food is delicious as well.
We woke up at 4:30 on Friday to catch our train to Madrid (which was awful since I didn't go to bed until 3am because it was everyones last day and we all had to say goodbye to each other). After 7 modes of transportation later, we arrived in Athens around 5:00. We got to our hotel around 7 and were exhausted from the night before, so we had a chill night in.
The taxi driver from the airport was fantastic. He was giving us the low down on Athens, telling us all of the best foods, the best areas, how to avoid jacked-up taxi fares and the like. He also informed us that the area our hotel is in is one of the worst areas in Athens... oops... The reviews online were GREAT. This place got a 8.9 out of 10 on tripadvisor. But now every time we tell a taxi driver what area we are in they say "oh no no no, not a good place". We tried to go out for a quick dinner near our hotel on Friday night and ended up walking past a riot. But it has been alright, we just decided to take a taxi back to our hotel during the nights. (The taxi drivers are a little racist however, they all keep saying "that is where all of the arabs and turkish and africans live")
This morning (Saturday) we woke up at 9 and had breakfast at our hotel. The first place we went to was the acropolis. The Acropolis is a massive hill sort of thing overlooking the city where the Greeks placed a lot of their temples. We saw the Parthenon which was the temple built to worship athena, the Erechtheum which is dedicated to Athena and Poseidon, the temple of Athena Nike, and The theater of Dionysus. We then walked down the hill and had a delicious gyro for lunch.
Next we went up to the tallest point in the city and drank a bottle of wine with the most amazing view ever. We met another nice man named George who was telling us all Athens and whatnot. We went out to dinner at a really nice restaurant that was right over the sea with extremely fresh fish. The waiter brought a large try full of the catch of the day, so that we could choose which one we wanted. Although it was more expensive, it was probably the best (and freshest) fish I have ever had. (We also became friends with the owner so we got a couple of classes of free wine!)
All in all I am loving Greece. Everything is extremely cheap here! Lunch today was 2.20 for the most amazing gyro ever, and the taxi rides are all ridiculously cheap (which is good since we apparently have to take a taxi to our hotel every night...) . We also keep getting a ton of free things everywhere we go. I'm not sure if it is because we are Americans or what, but hey i'll take it!
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