I’ve spent my first night in Athens at a hostel named “Backpackers Inn”, it’s kind of trendy, reasonably priced, and filled with innumerable twenty somethings all eager to socialize and share travel stories.
The girls that I’ve met so far have all been fantastic. We’re all sharing the same room in the hostel, and they’re all very sweet. They’re visiting the Acropolis right now while I try and finish off this cold.
I should mention that the hostel does well providing fun activities for us to do. I arrived yesterday just in time for happy hour, which was a happy coincidence as it gave me the opportunity to meet a lot of people. Then there was a guided bar crawl, that landed us right in the heart of Athens. I would have stayed out so much later, but I felt like i had put in enough time that I shouldn’t feel guilty about going home to sleep.
Athens itself is an interesting city. The Acropolis WILL astound you with its incredible beauty, and I’m telling you that there is no picture in this world that does it justice. You just can’t grasp its size or splendor until you’re standing beneath it.
Be warned though, a lot of the roads in Athens are made of a marble-like material and are VERY slippery- I have a nice decent sized raspberry on my knee and on my ankle to prove it.
To be honest with you, I would leave the hostel and venture out on my own (The city is very safe) but I have no idea where I would go! It all looks pretty much the same (If any amongst you just verbalized the phrase, “It’s all Greek to me!”, We’re no longer friends) and I don’t want to risk getting lost and wandering into a bad neighborhood
I think for now I’m going to sit out on the balcony and enjoy the scenery without a 13 inch screen blocking my view.
-ash
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