A little stop in Athens

Sam and I watching the sunset at Santorini :)

We've had a full day of Athens today! This morning we had lecture from 9-12:30...it was brutal. We talked about the Mycenaeans because we're traveling to the Peloponnese next week. It was interesting but we were sitting there for so long, it got old quick.

We had a break after lunch until 3:30 until we went to the National Archeological Museum...again...everything we saw today we had already talked about in our last class. But we had fun taking candid shots of everyone in our class.

While we were in the museum it started raining and because it's Greece, the stairs are made of marble which makes a slippery combination. Sam had flipflops on and her feet slipped out from under her and she landed right on her tailbone. I didn't see her until she was already on the ground but I already knew something was wrong. She was just sitting there looking like she was in so much pain.

Some people crowded around trying to help her and I called the professor over. She was sitting there one second and the next her eyes closed and she just fell limp like a sack of potatoes, then she started shaking.She didn't have a seizure but she went into shock for a little bit. It only lasted about five seconds but it really freaked me out.

Poor thing. We helped her up very slowly and brought her inside and she propped herself up on the bench inside. She looked so unbelieveably pale even though we have been in Greece all summer. I've always heard in books and stuff "she looked as pale as a ghost", "all the blodd drained from her face" and I never knew what they meant. Today I did. All the blood was out of her lips and they were a whitish-green color. Her face was significantly paler than the rest of her body.

Our professor called us a cab and we took her back to CYA. They talked with her a bit and she was very adament she didn't want to go to the hospital. They felt she was well enough to go home so we just took her home, gave her an icepack and some advil and now she's just resting. I feel so terrible for her, I would be so scared and I know she's in so much pain. I just hope she feels better soon!

Anita, Katie and I had made plans to go see Eclipse, the new twilight movie, in the outdoor theatre tonight and we weren't going to go but Sam is insisting. Andrew is coming over later to keep Justine and Sam company. I'm really excited to see the movie but I just feel terrible for Sam!

Keep her in your thoughts and prayers!