School Time and Protests

5/25/11
Location: Athens

I got up in the morning and ate breakfast. I had some time to relax before class started. Class lasted about an hour and then we had time for a lunch break. I went into the smaller part of town to get some lunch. We ate at a small restaurant called BoBo's and it was really good and cheap. Afterwards, we headed back to the hotel to listen to a guest speaker who talked about the Greek economy. I thought his speech was pretty interesting and I learned alot about the economic crisis right now. A little while later I went into the main part of Athens with Emily and Brandon to see the protest that was going on. There were about 5,000 people at the protest and there was actually a second protest going on across the street as well. We stayed in that area for about 2 hours to see what was happening and then headed back to the hotel. The trams were shut down because of the protest so we had to walk about a mile and climb over a fence to get to a tram that worked. We eventually got back to the hotel for dinner and then had some time to relax. I stayed in the hotel lobby for a while to work on my computer and then went with a few people to get some gelato. I've had a lot of fun being able to explore the different parts of the city. I'm really going to miss walking around the streets and being in such a different culture than what I'm used to.