Okay folks, so this is my last day in Greece. Yesterday was beautiful, sunny, a hot 80something degrees F, and today is cold, gray, rainy and I woke up to a thunderstorm. C’est la vie. But Patras is lovely! Yesterday I went to the Odeum (they still hold concerts there sometimes), the fortress (AMAZING, by [...]
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In which Victoria mentally prepares
Posted in Europe 2010, Greece/Hellas, Itinerary, tagged going to Italy!, Hellas, traveling on 27 October 2010 | 1 Comment »
…And at the end of the night we were drunk on jasmine nectar and life
Posted in Europe 2010, Greece/Hellas, Itinerary, Pics or it didn't happen, tagged Greece/Hellas, joy, laughter, life, sharing, talking, traveling, travels and more on 25 October 2010 | 2 Comments »
I’m not totally sure how to even describe my last few days here in Athens. They’ve been beyond magical. Honestly, where do I even start? My host is an avid reader and poet so we constantly talk about literature and read poetry to each other and then get distracted by talking about life and love [...]
Athens: rough start, but a quick recovery
Posted in Europe 2010, Greece/Hellas on 23 October 2010 | 4 Comments »
Ohhhh boy. So, I got into Athens Thursday morning at 6 am. I had originally been planning on copying stuff out of my journal, but it’ll take too long and it wasn’t entirely happy, so here’s the cliffnotes: train left at 11 pm and I was super psyched ‘cuz I was in one of those [...]
And then Narcissus fell into the pond…
Posted in Europe 2010, Greece/Hellas, Pics or it didn't happen on 22 October 2010 | 5 Comments »
Proper post forthcoming. In the meantime, enjoy a series of “HEY LOOK IT’S ME ON THE ACROPOLIS” pictures! (Right! By the way, I’m in Athens! Made it safely!) There will be words soon, promise!
Life comes at you fast
Posted in Europe 2010, Greece/Hellas, Itinerary on 20 October 2010 | 5 Comments »
Apparently I’m going to Athens tonight! I wasn’t aware of this a few hours ago. I meant to book the ticket for tomorrow night, but I guess I was misunderstood, so at 11 pm tonight I’ll be on a train to the center of all my historical dreams! Also, I’ve been making other impulsive [...]
It’s all Greek to me!
Posted in Europe 2010, Greece/Hellas, Itinerary, Turkey on 19 October 2010 | 3 Comments »
Look, guys, I can hear you groaning from here. I know, I know it’s the most typical/cheesy/lame title ever, but I’m in Greece, so I had to. I’m sorry. Actually, no. Ya’ll were expecting it. And if you weren’t, then surely you haven’t been paying attention to my affinity for bad puns. Anyway! At [...]
