Swimsuit experience

Hello all! Last night we went to this tarverna restaurant outside and it was so delicious! It was definitely my favorite time in Athens so far. It was an optional dinner because it cost 15 euros but it was definitely worth it! In the quiter neighborhoods of Athens there are these little oasis type grove of trees in the center of the streets, called sqaures. This one was covered with beautiful trees and flowers and we sat in a long table underneath the trees. Cats and dogs run wild here so they were everywhere but luckily they didn't come too close.

We started off with a Greek liquor, I forget what it was called but it was basically ouzo without the licorice taste, very strong! We had the most delicious house wine throughout the meal. About every five minutes it seemed like they would bring a new dish and eveything was served family style. We had grilled feta, greek salad, kabab, saganaki, fava spread, bread, kalamata olives, tyropita, and these yummy olive oil french fries! For dessert we had greek yogurt with honey and homemade icecream with cherry preserves. Probably one of the best meals I've ever had! Then we walked around Athens for a while before heading to bed.

This morning we met at the National Arheology Museum, and we walked there, bad idea. We walked for an hour and got turned around quite a bit but finally found it. I took the bus back with Bette because it wore me out! The museum was neat, we mainly focused on pottery that had been excavated and the gold from Grave circle A and B found by Heinrich Schliemann. I saw the mask of agamemnon which we have a copy of! It looks just like ours and my teacher was very impressed. We also looked at all of the jewelery he found on that same site. We're going back to the museuem a couple more times and I'm happy about it because the stuff we looked at today wasn't as interesting to me as the sculptures we'll look at later.

After that I went swimsuit shopping with Bette and it was an experience! First we wanted to get convert more euros so we went to a bank in our neighborhood. We had to press like a doorbell thing and get buzzed in behind two sets of doors! Then we had to take a number and wait to be called and we had to show our passports to change our money. There were a bunch of people just standing around and a policewomen. Very different from Busey...We started to walk around and we went into this one shop where the owner immediately attached herself to Bette and brought her about 10 suits to try on. She made Bette come out of the dressing room each time and she explained to her if it was the right style and color for her. We were there over half an hour and she never left our side! We ended up going to another store because that one was expensive and the lady tried her hardest to make us stay. The other store was very similar, as soon as we walked in the owner did the same thing. That would drive me crazy here! I hate when salespeople come up to me, I like to do my own thing. Very different from America.

Another thing I have noticed about Greeks is that when they are walking or standing they will not move to let you pass, you have to move around THEM. They never saw excuse me or anything, they just keep on their intended path and expect you to change your orientation. Very strange and sort of rude. All for today, post more later!