Greece

So I realize that never wrote about Greece...and I probably should.
Anyway, Santorini was amazing and Athens was kind of sketch. Leesha and I saw about everything we were interested in one day (as well as things we were not interested in-don't get me started about the crazy old man in traditional greek garb getting stopped by the police or the 7 year old who tried to hit on Leesha and I.) We walked all around and being us we decided out next order of business was find somewhere delicious to eat. In the end we ended up eating at this small place down the road from our hostel which was fantastic considering we were afraid, very afraid. Earlier, when we had stopped to get some of these donut things they were selling on the side of the street, a woman in a pink velour sweet suit held out her hands to us while moaning and invading our personal space. Dinner was a much better experience if a little touristy; however, we did learn that we enjoy the Greek custom of giving complimentary dessert or wine.

The next day, because we were so wary of Athens we went on a tour of Delphi. I don't think the guide liked us very much after we told him we were American-he just gave us a weird look and ignored us. The fact that we saw the entire museum at delphi in about 30 minutes didn't endear us to him either. Both Leesha and I have been to countless other museums and have seen similar objects. It was interesting, I am not one to stand in front of an artifact for 10 minutes in less it is absolutely astounding. The ruins at Delphi were incredible and it is amazing that the Greeks managed to build something like that on the side of a mountain. The real experience of Greece came at Santorini.

Santorini is the Greek Island with the blue roofs that is always seen plastered in tourists books and such. We stayed in the same area of the Island with Perissa beach (one of the black sand beaches). The best thing about this location? There was a bakery near by and not too many things were open in the area as it wasn't tourist season. It was nice, relaxing, and sunny. Sunny, as in when the sun beats down on your neck and you can actually feel the warmth is not something that is common in Scotland. The sun shines and it is beautiful, but actual heat?...not so much. I managed to get an awesome sunburn that looks incredibly weird. The second day there I paid an outrageous amount of money for sunscreen so I wouldn't come back to Scotland with blisters. Probably one of the highlights for both Leesha and I were the donkeys. I saw one that looked like Casper (my donkey) although the one in Greece was far better trained. We also went out to the Caldera and saw some amazing sites. Overall, Santorini was amazing and relaxing, so much so that we wanted to stay there an extra night (this also meant we wouldn't even have to go into Athens). I crushed the dream though because my ticket was too.

It turns out that we were frightened enough and our parents were understanding enough that we were able to stay at the airport hotel. When I say airport hotel, I mean there is one and it is a luxury hotel. We were going to go to the airport and just get cheap food, but we decided to live it up and get the American TV dinner. It was the most wonderful things ever. Leesha and I both had to take a break because there was so much food and we weren't willing to waste a single bit. After we were done we didn't know what to do with the massive rolling service the had brought it in on. Like adults, we skyped my parents who then said you just wheel it outside. We weren't entirely sure about that, but we checked the hallway for people then moved it on out.

Even though Athens was scary, it can't be said that we didn't eat well.