The weekend has been something of a blur--haven't had much time to stop and just breathe until now. The goal for the weekend was to get to know the city that we'll be spending the next 4 months in: CYA divided us into teams and gave us a scavenger hunt with different landmarks around the city and other silly little challenges.
It was a great, fun way to guide our explorations--a mix of ancient and modern cultural aspects of a centuries-old metropolitan center in the 21st century.
Stumbled upon the first Greek McDonald's I've seen...even the McDonald's in Greece have spiral staircases!
We also went to the Acropolis and, being only slightly less awestruck than the first time, I took way too many pictures again (we plan on going as close to every day as possible...I wonder if I'll ever be able to go without my camera and leave without having taken at least 50 photos)
Like finding the coolest graffiti:
Or acting out statues:
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| (Mary as Grecian warrior, Jenny as noble steed) |
Picture with the coolest perspective:
Going to Parliament:
And the Panathenaic Stadium:
Monastiraki square, next to the Athens Flea Market:
It was a great, fun way to guide our explorations--a mix of ancient and modern cultural aspects of a centuries-old metropolitan center in the 21st century.
Stumbled upon the first Greek McDonald's I've seen...even the McDonald's in Greece have spiral staircases!
Along with McDonald's there was a Starbucks, H&M, Gap, etc (ahhh globalization). One of the girls who I was with, Jenny, is a fellow Gap lover, and together we walked into the comfort of familiarity misty-eyed, with country music blasting into our ears from the speakers. Oh America.
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And then we walked out of the store and there was this, at the end of the promenade of global chain stores, in case you had for a second forgotten that in fact you were in Athens. Oh Greece!
Other than running around the other neighborhoods of Athens, we spent some time exploring our neighborhood of Pangrati, which while not the finest, fanciest, chicest, hippest, or prettiest neighborhood, does have quite a few good things going for it...
Like the gorgeous, expansive farmers' market every Friday...
...and a great gyro/souvlaki place about five minutes from our apartments
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| Just look at that. 2,20 €. I could eat this every day. |
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...and some ice cream sold by a local vendor
We also went to the Acropolis and, being only slightly less awestruck than the first time, I took way too many pictures again (we plan on going as close to every day as possible...I wonder if I'll ever be able to go without my camera and leave without having taken at least 50 photos)
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