Last Day in Athens

5/28/11

Location: Athens

I got up and ate breakfast this morning as usual. Today is free for me because we’ve finished our class. I had some time to relax and I waited for the people from the business class to be done. Then I went into central Athens to do some last minute shopping along with some other people. I was able to find everything that I wanted to get and I also got to eat at a nice restaurant where I had chicken and pitas. We spent a couple more hours walking around to make sure we had everything. It was a Saturday so there were some garage sale-type stands in the city. It was fun to look around but I didn’t get anything. We headed back to the hotel in the late afternoon and I packed up all of my souvenirs. Then I went into town to go to the grocery store before dinner. Some of us had a toga party at our farewell dinner and we got a lot of great pictures of everyone. I’m really going to miss everyone on this trip. It feels like I’ve been with them a lot longer than 3 weeks. I wish that this trip was longer but in some ways I’m ready to go home. Some of us went into town to get some gelato for the last time and it was good as always. Our group sat and talked about our favorite parts of the trip while we ate our gelato. Then I went back to the hotel and stayed up talking with a few people in my room and making sure that all of my stuff was packed before going to bed. It was a good last day in Athens and I was able to have some time to look back on the trip as a whole and how well I’ve gotten to know everyone here. I’ve definitely made a lot of new friends on this trip.