Hello everyone. It has been a long couple of weeks for me. I have done so much since I last posted. My trip to Egypt was one that I will remember the rest of my life. My time was filled with seeing temples, the pyramids/sphinx, faluca rides, snorkeling, ATV rides, and so much more. The food I ate was mostly chicken and rice dishes. It got old after a while, and the meat that we did have was of low quality. The country itself very dirty. Everyone threw their trash into the streets, which made walking around the bazaar very smelly. The prices everything was very inexpensive, but you had to barter for everything. It was a very annoying process every day having to bicker over the price of your food. Any of the vendors would make great salesmen in America. They are very persistent and are very good liars. My favorite place was Sharm. I could spend a week there just cruising the Red Sea and being lazy. While we were there we spent all day snorkeling around the reefs and having a merry time on the boat taking in the beautiful weather.
Then I came back to the real world and had to study for my midterms when I returned to Thessaloniki. The following weekend ACT took us to Athens for the weekend were I saw the Parthenon and had free time to walk around the city. The Greeks stay up very late and may bars don't open until 11 o'clock at night. So by the time the weekend was over all of us were ready to go home. It was unfortunate that we had a 9 hour bus ride back to Thessaloniki from Athens.
So I Have finished all my midterms this week, which have all gone really well. There are only 4 weeks left of class! Yikes. It seems like I just got here. I have a few more places to see still so the semester is not over yet!
Friday, November 13, 2009
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