For spring break, Mom and I went to Greece! We took a plane from Venice to Athens on Saturday and immediately went out to explore the city on Saturday night. Athens wasn't really what I expected it to be. I didn't realize just how big the city was until we flew over it and then when we tried to find the Placa on our own!
On our way to the center, we just happened to see the temple the the Olympian Zeus and Hadrian's Arch...while in the distance the Acropolis was lit up from the top of the hill. It was pretty weird being in the middle of a huge, dirty city with the Acropolis as the backdrop...
We finally managed to find the road to the Placa, but as we were heading to it, the Grecian SWAT team decided to arrive with half the police force and some fire trucks to respond to some leftover riot activity that occurred back in January...
Needless to say, both of us got a little nervous, but it was completely controlled by the police and all that had happened was someone broke a few windows.
We had dinner in the Place (gyros and beer) and then explored.
I never knew just how friendly Greek people were. Everywhere we went, the locals were happy to help us find what we were looking for or give us some advice. We definitely left some friends behind.
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i was there on easter too!!! sounds like you enjoyed it!!
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