Episode Final: Hellenic Fever
Ok, I'm back in the States. In fact, I've been back for half a week or so, so sorry about not updating.
The last stop on our journey took us the exotic land of Greece, where Constantina's family hosted us in turns. I was amazed at just what a gorgeous city Athens is; wherever chunks of ruins from the ancient city have been dug up, they city has simply been built around them. It's spectacular to just be walking down the street or through the subway and have a chunk of two thousand years ago lying at your side.
Constantina's family were amazing hosts; we spent a weekend chilling out on the beach, eating seafood, swimming, and terrorizing our skin with massive sunburns with her uncle. Aside from the solar radiation part, it was quite nice. We then moved back into Athens, where her aunt Kiki gave us a constant supply of amazing Greek food. It seemed that whenever we got home, regardless of the time, she had just finished making some elaborate, delicious, and massive meal.
What's more, we met her cousin Kostas (fun fact: everyone in Greece is named Kostas), a music student who was more or less majoring in death metal. Pretty awesome, right? He even gave me a free guitar lesson in his living room.
The journey back from Greece was quite a trip, and involved me being awake for 45 out of a 48 hour period. We left for the airport at 2:30 AM, giving me a solid one hour of sleep that night. My ability to sleep on airplanes once again failed me, giving me little more than a one hour nap during our flight to the Amsterdam airport. Somehow, after all of this, I stayed up until 2 am my first night back.
So yeah, quite a trip in all. I'm glad that I went, and I'm glad that I'm back now.
The last stop on our journey took us the exotic land of Greece, where Constantina's family hosted us in turns. I was amazed at just what a gorgeous city Athens is; wherever chunks of ruins from the ancient city have been dug up, they city has simply been built around them. It's spectacular to just be walking down the street or through the subway and have a chunk of two thousand years ago lying at your side.
Constantina's family were amazing hosts; we spent a weekend chilling out on the beach, eating seafood, swimming, and terrorizing our skin with massive sunburns with her uncle. Aside from the solar radiation part, it was quite nice. We then moved back into Athens, where her aunt Kiki gave us a constant supply of amazing Greek food. It seemed that whenever we got home, regardless of the time, she had just finished making some elaborate, delicious, and massive meal.
What's more, we met her cousin Kostas (fun fact: everyone in Greece is named Kostas), a music student who was more or less majoring in death metal. Pretty awesome, right? He even gave me a free guitar lesson in his living room.
The journey back from Greece was quite a trip, and involved me being awake for 45 out of a 48 hour period. We left for the airport at 2:30 AM, giving me a solid one hour of sleep that night. My ability to sleep on airplanes once again failed me, giving me little more than a one hour nap during our flight to the Amsterdam airport. Somehow, after all of this, I stayed up until 2 am my first night back.
So yeah, quite a trip in all. I'm glad that I went, and I'm glad that I'm back now.