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Athens - 

The moment i walked into the bar at our hostel the bartender immediately knew i was American... Not sure how but after talking to her i guess it was the backwards hat and the Jordans that gave it away haha.

We arrived in athens and our hostel was perfectly located to see all the sites we needed to see, it was a decent room but what made it worth it was the location. The first day we kinda hung out and explored the areas near our Hostel, purchased the usual things from souvenir shops and ate the local food, i tried veal for the first time (i know, baby cow, strapped down and not allowed to move...) it was a one and only time type of thing. It was delicious, but not so delicious to justify what was done to the animal. 

That night we went to a local authentic greek show and it was “ok” not my type of thing as it was singing and dancing but it was kinda cool to see the culture of the locals, a lot of the people that attended were local families and it was only an hour and a half so it wasn’t so bad. After the show we went back to our hostel and crashed, we had signed up for a 5 hour walking tour (again) and it started at 10am. 

Authentic Greek Show

We woke up early and got breakfast at our hostel, Greek has the best bacon i’ve ever had. After breakfast we put on our walking shoes and met our guide in the lobby. We got to see a ton of cool stuff including the temple of Zeus, the stadium where the olympics were first started, Socrates Prison, Tomb of the Unknown soldier, Parliament buildings and the climax of the tour was the Acropolis.

The Acropolis was one of the coolest things i’ve seen, it was a little mini town built on top of a mountain with the Temple of Athena (whom Athens was named after, i believe goddess of the wind?) and the Parthenon. The coolest part of the Acropolis was the View of the entire city of Athens, pictures don’t do it justice. We did however get some cool pictures and got to just sit and marvel at a rather breath taking site for a little while. After that we got some more authentic greek food, Kayla had the Mousaka which was a dish with meet and a creamy potato topping and it was rather delicious, i went a little safer and got a 4 cheese ravioli which was great as well. We ended up splitting each dish half and half and kayla didn’t tell me until after that the Mousaka had egg plant hidden in it (good thing too cause i never would have eaten it haha). 

View from the top of the Acropolis

That night we enjoyed a little bit of the local distillery, i tried some 7 year old scotch and kayla tried their famous strawberry liqueur. This was apparently the first distillery in greece and has been open ever since.  After that we went back to our hostel and called it a night as we had to leave bright and early for Santorini the next morning. 

Athens as a whole: 8 - Athens was a beautiful city, with tons of things to see, mostly which could all be seen in one long day.

The Greek Language: 7 - kinda like a mix between German and Italian, some glimpses of elegance with some rather harsh sounds mixed in.

The attractiveness of the (local) people: 8 - The local people were attractive 

Expensiveness: 6 (not bad at all) - dinner places charged you a cover charge like a bar back home, kinda weird but after that it’s not too bad to eat a good meal, great portions too.

Sights to see: 8 - The sights of Athens were amazing, couldn’t sum it up any better than that... a must see for anyone in these parts of europe, if you’re close to greece buck up and pay the price for a plane ticket to get here!

Food: 7 - nothing too impressive, but not bad either.