Sundays are the Best Days

Today was our second Sunday to go to Athens for the afternoon and shop-- and then head to church at night. The group of people I went with left at about noon. The transportation process here is a lot different than that of Paragould, Arkansas. When I leave to go somewhere in my hometown, all it takes is a hop into the 'ol Camry and I'm at my destination within minutes. Here, it's a long process. We wait for the bus, get dropped off at one spot, wait for another bus, then run and get on the metro. We stay on the metro for quite a while and then head off onto the busy streets of Athens. It's new and adventurous, but I don't think I would like it as a permanent part of my day for the rest of my life.

I spent quite a bit of money today, but I think they were good purchases. I bought a wrinkle-free skirt for our trip to Egypt-- we needed one to just wad up and go. It is really long so it will also work for our trip to Israel later on. We have a "Captain's Night" on the cruise ship where we dress up some, so I bought a pretty turquoise dress for that occasion. It was only 20 euro, and the lady said I looked like a Greek goddess, so what can I say?! I know that it was probably a sales strategy, but flattering nonetheless. Haha. I am looking forward to being fancy-- like I said, I feel like a bohemian poor college student most of the time when I'm walking around. On the Nile cruise, we get to buy Egyptian outfits for one of the nights and I am also looking forward to that. As my family knows, dressing up has been one of my favorite things since childhood. :-)

Lacey, Lauren, Alana and I ate at Hard Rock Cafe Athens, which is like the U.S. Embassy of Food. You walk in and immediately feel like you're on home soil. It was quite pricey, but worth the American taste. It was nice to look at a menu and know what it is-- and not be afraid. A man at the table next to us passed out and scared me to death. I looked to see if he was okay, and he started convulsing slightly and puking. I started to gag a little so I left the rest to the paramedics.

Sundays are supposed to be 'left over' night, but we ate most of our food this week, which left us to go get gyros across the street. Many of the guys know the storeowner by name and visit her quite often. Some of the guys here get like 4 gyros a day!

We have a slide test tomorrow on Egypt and a Greek quiz so I better get to studying..:-( I am getting better at reading signs and knowing what I'm looking for because of the few Greek words and letters I know. We're studying dipthongs now, which is when you put two of their letters together and it makes a completely different sound. It makes things so much harder. I love you all!