Greece
Our time in Greece was far too brief. We knew that they had been having problems with protests and riots and we had heard some bad things about the trains not being in working order at all there. However, our flight was from Athens and we had both always wanted to be there, so we braved our way. We arrived by ferry at 11 into Patras. We then wanted to take the train into Athens, but because of problems Greece is having the trains weren't working there, we ended up having to wait for a few hours for a bus. During this time we found out that the Canadian with a bad attitude was leaving to go home because things weren't going how he wanted to. We got a tub of ice cream and discussed his insanity (it was like the break up scene in the Dane Cook sketch). We had our new friend Chris with us in addition to Rob and we made our way into the city. When we got out of the train station we found ourselves in the midst of all the chaos of the city. We made our way carefully from hotel to hostels to find a place for the night. After making some deals and wandering a bit of everywhere we found a great place and dropped our packs and went out to see the city thankful for our men's companionship. Sarah was like a dog on a leash We cautiously proceeded into the city after finding a safe place to sleep for the night. We were so happy to get all cleaned up and then go explore. We met some interesting people and talked to them about the protesting and previous day's riots. There were lots of people watching and continuing to get to know our newfound friends together. We went toTHE real Mars Hill near the Acropolis and overlooked all of Athens at night. The scenery was amazing. We went back to our hotel and the next morning said farewell to our companions and went on our way home. As we traveled back (all of our plane schedule got mixed up due to a delay in Athens) we reflected on how amazing our trip had been and felt so thankful and blessed that we actually did it and were safe. Sarah and I could not have asked for a more successful trip or had a more awesome experience being traveling partners and lifelong friends. It was a privilege to go and we will never forget.
Btw because I need to just finish the blog-I chose to not rewrite my Venice entry that I put so much time into and I accidentally deleted! So what you need to know about that is that it was lovely! Great food, beautiful weather, new American friends, and we went on a gondola ride and got gelato :)
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