Free Food and Free Champaign, Can't Complain

June 9th-

This week has been a little low key because I think we were all still tired from the weekend before. This morning Dom and I took the tram to the Olympic Stadium because classes were cancelled due to commencement. I had this thought in my mind of what it was going to be like, needless to say I was quite disappointed. Don't get me wrong, it's awesome to see an olympic stadium for the first time, but it was so run down with graffiti everywhere. I forgot to mention in the first blog that Athens has SO much graffiti. There were fences blocking us from getting into some of the buildings and most of the signs were in Greek (go figure) so we had a hard time figuring out what building was for what. We got to go into the stadium where track events were held, it was huge. I wanted to go out on the actual track but security guards were keeping a close eye on us. The other building we went into had fencing courts and a really big basketball court. I didn't even know fencing was an olympic sport until yesterday. I wanted to see the pool but all the doors were locked to get inside. Apparently you can walk underneath the pool which would have been cool. After the stadium we were going to go to the beach with everyone, but clouds starting rolling in and it started to rain. I came home and Elizabeth and I decided to go shoe shopping. There's this hidden street that has all these shoe shops with shoes for super cheap! I was loving every minute of it. Of course after we're done shopping, around 3:00 the sun decided to come out with not a cloud in the sky. That evening we were all invited to go to the commencement ceremony since one of my roommates was graduating. We got free food and champaign and the atmosphere was awesome. It was at this really fancy hotel, like the Ritz Carlton of Greece. The reception was on the roof with a great set up. We all cleaned up pretty nice with our dresses and heels on. After the reception we went out to this dance club that was literally on the beach. You could walk down these stairs and you were pretty much in the sea. I felt like VIP though because there were door guys with a list and you were only allowed in the club if you were on the list. So we checked in, went to our RESERVED table and danced the night away.

This weekend we're going on another excursion, this one being overnight. We're going to Sparti, Monemvasia and another stop along the coast. We get back to Athens Saturday night so I'll have more when I return!