Whatever relationships you have attracted in your life at this moment, are precisely the ones you need in your life at this moment. There is a hidden meaning behind all events, and this hidden meaning is serving your own evolution.
— Deepak Chopra
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I have so much of you in my heart.
— John Keats to Fanny Brawne, 10 July 1819 (via wearebasiclight)
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Better late than never
I’ve decided to start documenting my Europe trip via tumblr! Today is day 6, we’re on our way to Italy! The trip so far has been absolutely incredible. We flew into Athens on Saturday where we met up with our tour director & the rest our group at the airport. We boarded the bus, and headed for our hotel. Athens was A LOT different than I expected; it is not blue and white and gold. The city itself is very, very dirty and there is a lot of poverty. We checked into the Hotel Oscar and a couple of us girls went across the street to purchase some wine and Ouzo to begin the first night welcome festivities! :) That night all 26 of us went out for dinner — Monica and I ordered Gyro Pitas & Saganaki. Both were delicious!! Then the group walked across the plaza to a hookah bar to hang out and get to know eachother better. It was fun but I was dead tired so me and a couple other girls walked back to the hotel to go to sleep.
The next day we woke up @ 8am and headed to the Acropolis! It was unbelievable. EF hires local tour guides to take us to these sites so its really neat to learn about all of the greek mythology and ancient times from a local. We took a lot of beautiful pictures in front of the Parthenon & other ancient temples that sit on top of the gorgeous hill, I will follow up this post with a couple of pictures. After this, we walked through to the Plakas District which is a really cute part of Athens — small side streets with a lot of little shops and vendors. I think everyone on this trip bought at least one pair of knock off Ray Bans while walking around Plakas! Hehe. We sat down for lunch and had Greek Salads. That night we took the metro (which was wonderful and clean… Puts the CTA to shame) to and Irish Pub to watch the Holland vs. Spain final cup game. That was a blast. The bar was completely packed with people from all over the world; I met people from Ireland, England (Manchester and London), Germany, Australia, and a lot of people from the US too. This irish pub was funny because they only played American music.. So of course we all enjoyed having a little bit of home with us that night.
The following day we woke up and boarded the coach bus and headed for Delphi. The drive to Delphi was absolutely gorgeous. We drove through the mountains — the mountains here and unlike anything I have ever seen. They are so majestic. That’s the only word I can use to describe them, really. They’re so huge and misty and green. When we arrived in Delphi we took a tour of the famous site. Delphi was the town where all of the elite lived when Athens was still a city state (I can’t remeber the year exactly, I want to say 4 or 5 BC). The town is a big pile of ruins now but a theatre and stadium are still there! There are also a lot of columns and things like that left over. After Delphi we started to head towards the ferry terminal to depart for Corfu.
I have to get off our tour bus right now so I will continue with this European Tour recap later tonight!
Love,
Rachel
Posted July 16, 2010 at 7:05am
So I call you out just to feel a little bit better about myself…and I do, baby, I do — until their lips start to move, and their friends wanna talk music. I say “I’ve never heard the tune,” but I have, I just hate the band cause they remind me of you.
— Fun.
Posted March 8, 2010 at 2:23am
