They call them boats. I call them floating high rises. So this morning we got up early, ate breakfast, and headed to monstriaki square for the metro. Yup, we are brave, Greek public transit. We got to the metro, and asked the man when the metro to the port leaves. He pointed to the train getting ready to leave the station. We ran. The metro was very interesting, passing by tall offices and falling apart, ancient buildings. The contrast was crazy. When we got to...

Well I would definitely say I have had many once in a lifetime experiences today. I saw one of the wonders of the ancient world. I walked up the acropolis. I shopped in a Greek flea market, and found my fav Greek store: the hippie store. Oh yeah, and I almost got pick pocketed. Will get back to that later. So we woke up to sunshine, which was amazing. It was t shirt and pants weather, and we were pretty excited about that. We walked from our little hotel through...

Looks like I'm stuck beside a snorer. Lucky me! We are on flight number two right now, and we should be landing in an hour or so. It's 11pm Athens time, which is 1pm Vancouver time. It's been a pretty long day(or two days I guess?) So we are taking quite a sketchy taxi ride at the moment. First, the driver does pedal to the floor before my door is even shut, then he starts counting his cash on a major highway. I don't know about driving standards in Greece, but ...

11:32pm: well good news is, I'm 2 1/2 hours in and I haven't gone crazy yet. I'm sandwiched in between my mom and a cute old Dutch lady who doesn't speak a word of English. Communicating to her that I reeeally had to go the the bathroom was a bit of a challenge, but it's all good now. 6 more hours to go. 1:07am: watched two movies already and I'm antsy to the max. Cant stand up and walk around, of course, because of Dutch lady blocking the aisle. 4 1/2 h more to...