A chance for some American food

We had our first day of class today. Kind of boring, but I realize that’s what I’m here for: to study World Literature 2 in Greece. It’s just hard I guess when there’s so much to see and absorb that I forget that I’m here for studying abroad and not just vacation. Greece is a beautiful place, and I’ve gotten so wrapped up in it. Today we visited the Acropolis museum, which was pretty interesting, but we had to answer questions and I feel like that took away from it. I mean it wasn’t anything for a grade, but our tour guide Judy wanted to see what we learned from the museum because it’s supposed to be one of the most significant museums in Greece. Honestly, we had some time after to be able to go to Mars Hill which I missed yesterday and getting there was on my mind, so I kind of rushed through to be able to go there. Mars Hill was one of the highlights of my day. I couldn’t believe I was actually standing where Paul once preached. It was truly amazing. When we met back together after that, we all went to lunch. Some went to a Greek restaurant while others, including myself, went to the Hard Rock Café of Athens. I bought a really awesome t-shirt, and the food was really good for a really good price that Judy had managed to get for us because we are students. We left there to take a bus ride that was about an hour long to a place called Sounion where the Temple of Poseidon is located. It was an absolutely beautiful view on the trip down there. We passed the ocean with several islands scattered around and mountainside on the other side. It was something you see on a postcard. That’s how blue the water was. I took plenty of beautiful pictures once we reached the top of the Temple of Poseidon.

Our bus trip back was to the hotel to get dinner. Dinner wasn’t that great, but I’ve heard the food in the other hotels we’re staying at is supposed to be better. It’s a bittersweet moment as we leave Athens tomorrow. I have fallen in love with the city, but I’m excited to visit Delphi and Patras as well as Tolon. There is so much more to see, and I’m taking it all in. I’m not sure Delphi has internet, but I know Patras does. I’ll end this post by putting up pictures of the beautiful places I visited today. In order, picture from Mars Hill, flowers at Temple of Poseidon, beautiful blue water at Temple of Poseidon, and two pictures of me sitting with the view of the Temple of Poseidon behind me.