Busy Couple of Days

So I know its been a while since I have last posted but I have had a couple of busy days.

Well lets see so last Wed. Allison came to visit. I went to classes and then after class went to the airport on the Metro to meet Allison. It was a pretty simple task just to get on Metro and then ride to airport. I met allison at the arrivals gate and it was great to see her. We spend the Metro ride back talking about her previous trips throughout spain and looking at pictures. I was/am really grateful that she came to visit me. I think the first night I took her to get her first taste the the greek gyros haha. We of course made a couple more trips to the gyro place throughout her visit. On thursday I had a couple classes but after classes with a couple of my friend we tried to go to the Acropolis. Although the Acropolis was closed we were able to climb the Aeropagus and had a great view of the whole city as well as a beautiful sunset. (The last two pictures above are the view and picture of the sunset. That evening allison and I went out to a nice dinner place and then hung out with some of my friends.

Friday we rested a lot mainly because the weather was pretty yucky and we were planning on going to an island on sat. But when we went to go to island the Metro was closed so Allison and I decided to just go back to the Acropolis. This time we were able to get up closer and climb up to the builidings. Its really awesome to see the stuff in person. We saw the Propaylia, the Parthenon, and the Erectheion. Its really crazy and interesting to see things that I have only seen in textbooks on projectors in dark rooms for the past couple years, in person. I have taken a bunch of pictures but cant post them all here put some of the ones I have taken i posted above of the acropolis. the dog picture is classic athens... stray dog sleeping everywhere even at the foot of the Parthenon. haha

On Sunday Allison and I then decided to embark on the climb of Lycabettus Hill, which is right behind Kolonaki. This is the highest point in the city of Athens (i think) so it is probably the most beautiful view and best view of the entire city. You can ever see the water and the port of Piraeus from up this high. (I posted a couple pics above of allison and i and from the top. There is a church on top of the mountain as well as a restaurant. For dinner that night Allison had seen a flyer for a simply burgers place (its basically a fuddruckers) and since I love hamburgers I talked allison into going. Haha it had pretty good burgers and I really enjoyed going there.

On monday morning allison had to fly back so we woke up pretty early and i rode the metro back with her. We hit a lil bad luck cause we had to switch trains a couple times due to some difficulties or something but we survived and were able to make it to airport ontime. haha. it was sad seeing allison leave cause it seemed like time just flew by with her here but i really appreciate how she came and really enjoyed the time we had together. I am very excited for her to visit again (for longer in April) and to then go visit Granada with her for my spring break!

So this week has been a pretty normal week. For one of my classes we went to the National Archeaological Museum and once again it was great seeing things I had seen in previous classes in person. Tomorrow we are leaving for the Argolid and I am pretty excited because I will get to see more stuff in person that I have learned about such as the Treasury of Atreus and the Lion's Gate. We are going until Sat. so its an over night trip. Hopefully the weather will be alright but I have heard it might rain or even snow? I dont know.

Well I will probably post and have more pictures after the trip to the Argolid this weekend.

Overall I am really enjoying myself here. All the it can be a little difficult/frustrating with the language barrier (although most ppl do speak english- its mainly like signs/packages in grocery store) I actually have come to kind of enjoy it and not mind it. I feel like I am continuing to get more independent and able to survive on my own haha (like buying groceries and cooking dinner). Overall Athens is beautiful and I enjoy exploring and seeing more things everyday.