The Sixth Week...again...for the first time...in Greece.

And so we've made it to another week and with that another country. This past week has been spent in Greece, which was...pretty alright. In all honesty it was one of the highlights of studying abroad thus far. Not only was it interesting to see all of the amazing monuments and statues and buildings that I had read about, but it was a great chance to stand in the places of so many great people that came before me. I looked in a mirror where Socrates spoke, I recollected stuff where Plato spoke, I read a Bible where Paul spoke, and every once in a while... I spoke. And now, instead of speaking, I will write...for you.

MONDAY: We left the house at 5:15 (not too long after I posted my latest blog) and arrived in Athens at around 2 Greek time. Athens was a bit different than I expected. It is a very packed town to say the least. In any case, our hotel had a view of the

Parthenon. It was an amazing view. Quite pleasing to the eye. I spent quite a good portion of the day just staring at the Parthenon from the roof of the hotel. No big deal. Just an interesting broken down building to look at.

TUESDAY: On this day we actually went up to the Acropolis, and the Parthenon. It was very exciting. It made me feel very small. The real highlight for me was going to Mars Hill where Paul made his speech about the unknown god that the Greeks had. It was interesting to look out and think that he stood feet from where I stood and walked up the same steps that I had walked up.

After we did that I went shopping in the Plaka, where I realized that I'm a terrible haggler. I did get a chess set for 17 euro that was originally 20. But a pro probably could have done much better. If I were really good the guy would have paid me 17 euro just to take it off his hands. But it was really a girl so that's my excuse for not getting it cheaper. I would have felt guilty.

WEDNESDAY: This had to be the absolute longest day of the trip (once again, just a feeling of length. Actual duration was the same as any other day). We spent six hours of the day on a bus going to and from Delphi. It's so awful to go to Greece and have to go on a bus to Delphi to see a bunch of two thousand five hundred year old artifacts. The day was made whole by the fact that I was able to have my first gyro. It was 2 euros for a gyro. Just the fact that it was possible to say that made impossible not to get. Also, had an extremely good tomato. Yes... tomato. Liked it. As a friend. And then I ate it.

THURSDAY: This was what I would consider the most exciting day of the week. We went to Aegena, which is an island in Greece. I got to skip more stones. I've now skipped stones in three different countries. Let's hope that number increases.

The exciting part was when we were exploring the island and it started raining. Pouring actually. It was pretty awesome. Plus I discovered what could be my new favorite candy bar. It's called a Kinder Bueno. Chocolate with a wafter and light fluffy milk and hazelnut filling. Basically heaven in my mouth. Very good stuff indeed.

FRIDAY: This was the last day in Greece. We saw the canal, where about half of the group went bungee jumping, not including me. I'm afraid of heights, plus it was 60 euro. The combination of those two things made the adventure a no-go for me. We went to Corinth after that, which was much more interesting than watching twenty people jump off of a bridge. We got to see where Paul likely spent time selling tents and stuff like that. It was very interesting. This was the only day of the week that we really had any sun, which is sad because it was the last one. But just as a good way to say good-bye, right as we were getting on the bus to go to the airport from Corinth...it rained again. With lightning and everything. Zeus was saying good-bye. I feel like you all must know that the most difficult part of this blog was deciding which pictures to put up. If you crave more, just check facebook. If you got to this blog through facebook then you probably don't have to. If you don't have a facebook then get one, friend request me, and then look at the pictures. Yeah...they're that important. The sun has now set on my week in Greece. Here's to the future that seems like it will never come.