It's all Greek to me!

So we got into Athens yesterday after a 2 hour flight delay....its so crazy to see the signs here...i know a lot of the greek letters from years and years of ODE's and PDE's (ordinary/partial differential equations) but to string them together with sound is just something else!

After we got in we met up with a "local" (she's from Canada, born in Greece, and spends all her summers here) and we went to a really hype place called Verde...it was like an out door lounge/patio and it was absolutely beautiful. It was, as usual, awesome to be hanging out with locals...you get more of a feel of their culture. So far all i've seen is that everyone is SO in love! People will know eachother for 3 days and act like they've been together for years. The PDA's are a far cry from what is acceptable in North America, but it is still quite cute although almost a bit on the annoying side :) Also, for a tuesday night the place was packed! But its been like this all over Europe...people just enjoy life more generally...they may have to wake up early for work but that doesnt mean that they dont enjoy drinks or dinner with friends every night. Its a great philosophy...really makes you wonder why our culture in North America forces us to work so hard.

Today we did the regular tourist thing...shopped at ZARA. haha well i guess thats all we do, in EVERY country. ZARA, Mango, shoe stores, etc. Its so sad. We are soooo not made for backpacking! We have a backpacking facade but when you zip open our stuffed full bags you will find stillettos, designer purses, and apricot face scrub. Anyways after some much needed air conditioning and our bellies full of an amazing Greek feast (i thought mozzarella and tomatoes were good but Feta and tomatos?? absolutely divine!) we trekked in the 46 degree heat to the Acropolis and saw the ancient ruins. Our last sight-seeing stint...yayy!! Now we are just going to relax on the Cyclades islands -- Ios, Santorini and Mykonos.

We all can't believe its been 5 weeks of travelling! It feels like only yesterday we were looking at London Bridge!!

Yassus (goodbye) till tomorrow!