We woke up early this morning to catch our flight to Athens! Rania was really excited to spend the next leg of her trip in Greece and when we arrived I was so impressed by how comfortable she was conversing with the locals in Greek. We caught the metro that took us downtown and then took a short cab ride to our hostel.
We spent the afternoon walking around and getting a few admin things out of the way. Rania has her first business meeting tomorrow morning and it just so happens to be in Athens, in Greek. She was nervous about it but as soon as she talked with her boss her nerves seemed to have eased quite a bit. I have no doubt she'll do great.
We went to the Acropolis Museum for dinner and had a very Greek meal with a shared bottle of wine looking up the beautiful hill to the Acropolis. Stunning! We started off with spanikopita (a type of spinach ricotta pie with phillo pastry) and greek mint meatballs. Next we had a Greek style lasagna and we finished off with greek yogurt and honey. This meal sealed the deal that Greek food is my favorite type of food, and that says a lot considering that I had just spend a good two weeks in Italy! Our waiter really liked Rania and kept coming over to talk with her. He ended up giving her 25 of their placemats so she can bring them home and "remember him" by, haha.We then went for a nighttime walk around the city and came across the Parliament building just in time to watch the changing of the guards. There was a good crowd watching and once they were done we were able to take photos with them. When I went up to stand beside one of the guards, he cat-called me!! I just started to laugh because it was so inappropriate but I wasn't surprised in the slightest. Tsk tsk, Greek boys!
Tomorrow we're going to do the Acropolis and fingers crossed we get blessed with good weather. I have a feeling we will.
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Alexis
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