Saturday, June 25
she's my lobster, or maybe i'm the lobster
our second to last day in Athens, we rode the new tram to the beach.
already burned in Nice, France which turned to my normal Mexican brown, I wasnt too worried about getting burned again. pretty hard to do that when it looks like i took a trip to africa and not europe.
but...I didnt want to get my shorts all salted up from the ocean so on the way there i picked up a 10 euro pair of swim trunks - yellow with gray and blue stripes on the side. i really wanted to get speedos since thats what they mostly wear here in europe, but i thought that since the islands we are going to are filled with americans, i better not. these trunks were almost speedos though. lets just say they're not board shorts. i actually posted a picture in my yahoo photos for all of those who want a good laugh.
but anyway, the one place we didnt get burned at in France was our thighs. so, like a couple europeans, we rolled 'em up and let the sun beat 'em down.
me and chris figured out that you dont really know how much you're getting burned until a couple hours after you get home from the beach. this theory proved to be true, because on our walk home, we knew we were burned. not too bad though, which i am happy about.
it wouldnt be so bad really if we didnt have to pay 2 euro a person to turn on the air conditioner in our room. these people are really stingy w/ their a/c. most places dont have them. but me and chris have been burnin up this past week b/c there isnt even a breeze that comes through the windows, and a cool room would be nice for the night, but its not gonnna happen. oh well, we'll be alright, right???
well, i'm sad that you guys didnt get to experience the beautiful Athenian beach and the old leathery old men in speedos, and i know yall will appreciate i left them out of any photos i took.
ok, well its time to go. tomorrow night we leave for Crete.
already burned in Nice, France which turned to my normal Mexican brown, I wasnt too worried about getting burned again. pretty hard to do that when it looks like i took a trip to africa and not europe.
but...I didnt want to get my shorts all salted up from the ocean so on the way there i picked up a 10 euro pair of swim trunks - yellow with gray and blue stripes on the side. i really wanted to get speedos since thats what they mostly wear here in europe, but i thought that since the islands we are going to are filled with americans, i better not. these trunks were almost speedos though. lets just say they're not board shorts. i actually posted a picture in my yahoo photos for all of those who want a good laugh.
but anyway, the one place we didnt get burned at in France was our thighs. so, like a couple europeans, we rolled 'em up and let the sun beat 'em down.
me and chris figured out that you dont really know how much you're getting burned until a couple hours after you get home from the beach. this theory proved to be true, because on our walk home, we knew we were burned. not too bad though, which i am happy about.
it wouldnt be so bad really if we didnt have to pay 2 euro a person to turn on the air conditioner in our room. these people are really stingy w/ their a/c. most places dont have them. but me and chris have been burnin up this past week b/c there isnt even a breeze that comes through the windows, and a cool room would be nice for the night, but its not gonnna happen. oh well, we'll be alright, right???
well, i'm sad that you guys didnt get to experience the beautiful Athenian beach and the old leathery old men in speedos, and i know yall will appreciate i left them out of any photos i took.
ok, well its time to go. tomorrow night we leave for Crete.
Friday, June 24
Yeah, its been a while since I've said anything. Forgive me.
I dont even really remember everything thats been going on since the last time I've posted.
We've had one roommate from Scotland, and me him and chris talked about the European Union for over an hour. I know yall would have loved to have been a fly on the wall. So much college graduate wisdom comin from that conversation.
then we got another japanese roommate. Those kind of people are so nice. they are also the littlest people too. they like to laugh at anything you say and also nod and laugh whenever they talk to you too. meeting foreigners on this trip has been great; truly one of the highlights.
We went to ancient Corinth the other day. Pretty cool stuff. ride there was good. when we got on the train to go, there was this really old man barely over five foot with a cane and hunched over to the point where he could barely look up, and he just was taking this swift little steps just kinda pushin his way through people. it was really funny.
people in greece are actually really nice. the first or second night we were here me and chris split up on our way home, and when i asked a man who didnt know much english where this one place was, he actually walked me down a block and a half to point me in the right direction. and this was after midnight too.
oh....and i have all these videos that i have been sending to mom and dad that i've been taking while i have been here. i know my trip is almost over, but if anyone wants to be included in the official jessie matlock mailing list, just give me your email address if i dont have it, and youll get this totally free offer...right after you pay a 5 dollar registration fee.
today was Chris' birthday. 23! he's an old man. he didnt eat the whole day either until just a little while ago when we had his birthday meal. we both got country sausage w/ fries. he got a greek salad, and we both got some greek coffee which is actually pretty good.
umm...
yeah!
athens is great so far. in a few days we head to the islands to partay, i mean, relax. jk...they are supposed to be really beautiful though. those are really gonna be great.
ok, i've run out of things to say. mainly b/c i'm a man of few words.
asta
I dont even really remember everything thats been going on since the last time I've posted.
We've had one roommate from Scotland, and me him and chris talked about the European Union for over an hour. I know yall would have loved to have been a fly on the wall. So much college graduate wisdom comin from that conversation.
then we got another japanese roommate. Those kind of people are so nice. they are also the littlest people too. they like to laugh at anything you say and also nod and laugh whenever they talk to you too. meeting foreigners on this trip has been great; truly one of the highlights.
We went to ancient Corinth the other day. Pretty cool stuff. ride there was good. when we got on the train to go, there was this really old man barely over five foot with a cane and hunched over to the point where he could barely look up, and he just was taking this swift little steps just kinda pushin his way through people. it was really funny.
people in greece are actually really nice. the first or second night we were here me and chris split up on our way home, and when i asked a man who didnt know much english where this one place was, he actually walked me down a block and a half to point me in the right direction. and this was after midnight too.
oh....and i have all these videos that i have been sending to mom and dad that i've been taking while i have been here. i know my trip is almost over, but if anyone wants to be included in the official jessie matlock mailing list, just give me your email address if i dont have it, and youll get this totally free offer...right after you pay a 5 dollar registration fee.
today was Chris' birthday. 23! he's an old man. he didnt eat the whole day either until just a little while ago when we had his birthday meal. we both got country sausage w/ fries. he got a greek salad, and we both got some greek coffee which is actually pretty good.
umm...
yeah!
athens is great so far. in a few days we head to the islands to partay, i mean, relax. jk...they are supposed to be really beautiful though. those are really gonna be great.
ok, i've run out of things to say. mainly b/c i'm a man of few words.
asta
Tuesday, June 21
Pictures
If you're interested, I labeled most of my Italy photos so yall know what they are
Monday, June 20
Just a quick update on things...
Yesterday was our first day in Greece. We got off the ferry and found a fastfood place to eat called Caspers, yeah, the friendly ghost. We got to eeros, or however you spell it, with a coke and it was like a little over 4 euro. By far our cheapest meal that gave us the most. It was the first time in a month that we ate and were actually full when we got done eating. It was good too! Then we got two again in Athens and that was only a little over three euro. Then some dude from this area came up and talked us and gave us his little worldview on things and told us how it was different from america. It was pretty interesting to hear.
Anyway, thats all. Today we saw most of the really historic stuff that you all know about thats in Athens. Old stuff.
Ok, talk to yall again soon.
Yesterday was our first day in Greece. We got off the ferry and found a fastfood place to eat called Caspers, yeah, the friendly ghost. We got to eeros, or however you spell it, with a coke and it was like a little over 4 euro. By far our cheapest meal that gave us the most. It was the first time in a month that we ate and were actually full when we got done eating. It was good too! Then we got two again in Athens and that was only a little over three euro. Then some dude from this area came up and talked us and gave us his little worldview on things and told us how it was different from america. It was pretty interesting to hear.
Anyway, thats all. Today we saw most of the really historic stuff that you all know about thats in Athens. Old stuff.
Ok, talk to yall again soon.
