Unfortunately I didn't bring my camera out with us and no one put pictures up yet so I can't show you how cute we all looked! This is a picture of Sam and I in Santorini watching the sunset.
Yesterday after I wrote Katie and I went into town to do a little shopping. Sadly it started to pour so we got pretty wet. We went into a couple of stores and I found this beautiful sundress that I love! It's such bright colors and patterns, usually not my style but I'm trying to challenge myself in every way this summer :) We were running around in the warm rain together laughing and this man invited us into his restaurant to watch the World Cup game even though they were closed! Very sweet.
We went back to the hotel to freshen up some before dinner. We ate a delicious dinner to kick off Katie's birthday. We decided to eat family style which worked out really well. We got tzatziki, saganaki, greek salad, chicken fillet, pasta carbornara, and vegetarian pasta. And the most delicious rose wine I've ever had. The taverna was outside under these beautiful hot pink flower/trees.
After dinner we went back to our apartment for some drinks before heading out in Nafplion. We then walked along the water and checked out a couple bars. People were very friendly and bought us drinks because Katie was wearing a birthday tiara and sash her mom sent her in the mail before we left. We met a lot of nice people and stayed out until about 1:30 until we made our way back home.
While walking home we heard people speaking English, with English accents! We stopped to stay hello and chatted about our program and their vacation. When we told them we were heading home because we had to be up at 7:30 one of the boys responded: "I thought American girls were supposed to be fun and know how to party, I guess I was wrong." Clearly we took this as a challenge and felt it necessary, on the day of our great nation's and Katie's birth to live up to the American standard. So, we rallied.
We took cabs (there were three girls and three guys in their group) and went to this awesome club that has another location in Athens called Villa Mercedes. It was unbelievably fun. We were a bit tired on the way over there but once we started dancing and hearing American music we came alive again. We danced for a good 2.5 hours and finally left at 4:30. Back to the hotel room by 5 and up again at 7:30.
I surprised myself and wasn't that miserable today. We got freddos in the morning for a little caffeine boost before class so it wasn't terrible. It was worth it, Katie had a wonderful birthday and we got to experience the Euro-club scene at it's finest.
This morning we went to a museum in Nafplion and two settlements at Tyrins and Lerna. Not very well preserved but the views were beautiful. After that we got lunch back in Nafplion at this pizza place that had THE best Greek Salad I've ever had! IT was so delicious. After that we started the drive to Sparta. The times I was awake for had beautiful scenery. It's much more rural than Attica and had more lush vegetation. We even saw a herd of sheep with a shepard! It was so great.
Our hotel is probably the nicest one we've been at so far. It even has a large shower, a shower curtain, and a tub so the water doesn't spill anywhere; heaven! We had a thiry minute lecture on Spartan history and their intense Army state culture that is so well illustrated in 300 (I think, anyway). We're all going as a class to a Taverna for dinner tonight for more celebration of Katie's birthday!
This. Is. Sparta.
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