πολλές ευχαριστίες Athens!

28 September, 2015 to 02 October, 2015 

LAST DAY

The last day started early and ended fast. Two of your lovely squad left at three in the morning. The rest of us cleaned the Airbnb and left around lunchtime. We were all really sad - we hd such a great time together and we really bonded during the days. But this won't be the last time

THE AIRBNB
the room was pretty small for five girls but it was ok. We had our flat right next to the acropolis so this was pretty cool and there was a metro station a 7 minutes walk away.

THE RÉSUMÉ

Greece had some special surprises for us so here are some things you mentally need to prepare yourself to:
- if you are unlucky as we were you have a flat where you need to heat up the water 30 minutes before showering.
- you are not allowed to flush the toilet-paper anywhere in Greece (except from fancy hotels i think) which is quite disgusting and really weird!
- you can't drink the water from the tap and even the clear water they are giving you in the restaurant smells really bad sometimes.
but all in all we had a great time. Greece is really beautiful and worth the trip. I'm not sure when I will be back there but the next time I will definitely check out one of the island around.

love, 

eva

Athens

28 September, 2015 to 02 October, 2015 

DAY 4

We were quite tired after the concert so we slept in the day. It was the last day we all had together so we decided to go up to the Acropolis in the evening to get the sunset from up there. The view hours to sunset we used to go and see the Zeus Temple - or well that what is left from it - and to eat.

We took a taxi from Zeus Temple to go home, pack our stuff and get ready for the Acropolis. Some of the girls where leaving 3am for their plane so everything had to be ready.
As the sun started to go down we made our way up to the Acropolis - quite a way...

As we arrived the top of the hill we had to hear that the acropolis was already closed for visitors and that it was not possible to be up there by sunset. We were quite upset - my tip for you - inform yourself about the opening times! Well luckily there is quite a big rock a bit further down where you can climb on (or take the stares). The climbe is hard but the view's great!

After the sun was down we climbed down from the rock and made our way to the Hard Rock Cafe near by to have dinner. Around the Cafe where a lot restaurants and small sweet shops. Right around the corner we found a frozen yogurt shop and an ice cream place where you can buy ice-donouts. very cool stuff. On our way to the metro station Monastiraki we walked trough the Flea Market.

And so the last day together ended.

love, 

eva

Athens - All about Mars

28 September, 2015 to 02 October, 2015 

SPECIAL DAY

I won't tell you anything about this day. I will show you pictures and tell you this: i have the fucking best sister in the world, Athens can be freaking cold and the cold I got after this day way more than worth it.
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love, 

eva

Athens

28 September, 2015 to 02 October, 2015 

DAY 2

We woke up to a quite windy but very sunny and beautiful weather. Now, all five of us together we tried to plan our few days. Plan for today:
- find a close place for breakfast
- walk to the metro station
- take the metro to the Olympic Stadium / check out the Olympic Stadium
- take the metro to The Mall and shop like there's no tomorrow
- home for dinner

Said, done!
The closest place for breakfast was a 7 minutes walk away. It was already lunchtime and the restaurant wasn't serving breakfast anymore so we had amazing salads and club sandwiches. Restaurant: Lontos Cafe-Bar with a beautiful view to the acropolis.

Thanks to google maps we found a very easy way to the metro station Monastiraki where we bought a 24hours ticket and afterwords took the metro to the Olympic Stadium. The Stadium was absolutely breath taking ! Even this was only used once it was in a good condition. Police drove by a view times and people where walking around with dogs, kids with their skateboards, bikers and rollerblader.

We walked for an hour around the whole stadium until we've seen everything.. back at the metro station we couldn't wait to get to the mall to eat something and shop! 
We where shopping all afternoon on 4 floors. By the time we got out of the mall it was dark and ice cold. We couldn't wait to come home, change an eat something.

We went to the Soho Bar and without wanting to harm someone - the food was cold, the drinks had so much alcohol in them we just couldn't drink is, the waitress unorganized and we payed a lot more that we had to because the bill was not right and none understood what we where saying. All in all not very recommendable. 
And so our day had quite a bad ending.

love, 

eva

Athens

28 September, 2015 to 02 October, 2015 

Going to Athens was very exciting for me. I basically grew up with all the Sagas and Stories of the old greek History. So I was very curious ! I didn't really plan the trip cause I was very busy with working so we had to improvise. By we I mean my sister, which I was traveling with and her friends who I was about to meet. Two girls from Finnland and one from Norway.

DAY 1

As always I had to get up very early to catch the flight. Thank good my sister was with me! The flight took about 2,5 hours and for once there weren't any turbulences.

We arrived in Athens to beautiful weather and very confusing letters. We totally forgot that the greeks have an other alphabet and to read cyrillic was impossible! So it took a loooong while until we got how to get to our airbnb flat and even longer to get there by metro. But the good thing is, once you've got it, you've got it. So after this first hurdle we had no problems finding our way. The other girls would arrive later so we had time to meet the guy fro our flat and text the girls how to get there. While waiting we walked back to the Station Kerameikos where a lot of restaurant are. My sister and I had a delicious dinner at the Cartone where we were waiting for the other girls.

The other girls came just a view hours later. While they where having a late dinner my sister and I enjoyed the super fabulous Oreo-cake! I was super happy to meet the girls. The awesome ladies have been friends with my sister for quite a while now. They all met through 30 seconds to mars - but later more. After dinner we went home to have some quality time together and sleep after.

The lovely girl from Norway was delayed but my sister and the others took cake of 

love, 

eva