This past weekend, I stayed in Athens. We have already seen most of the museums and acropolis for our classes, so we decided to see the shopping aspect of Athens! ;) On Thursday a group of us went to New Moon, which was good, and I will not trail on with it since most don't want to hear it or are big fans and want to discuss. So on Friday we went shopping and I got a custom made pair of sandals that actually fit!! Imagine that, and they were not too expensive which was nice. That was my big purchase on Friday.
On Saturday a small group of us went to a Christmas festival, which was really exciting when we heard about it. But it was a little anti-climatic when it was mostly based for kids aging 10 and under, and I know I didn't fit in that age class anymore. So we wandered around there for a bit, looked at the shops and the quickly melting ice skating rink(pic above), while listening to Greek Christmas music. It was enjoyable. 
Although, I think the best part was on the walk to find it we past this park that had a jungle gym and a grass area to play soccer, like a regular park. But then off to the side were tanks, fighter planes, and helicopters that kids were climbing on.(pics below) It was quite a contrast, but was pretty awesome! I almost joined the kids climbing on it, again it was the age thing that stopped me. :)
On our way back we met with our directors randomly and they took us to a champagne and sparkling wine tasting convention. It was in a nice fancy hotel and we had to have a secret password to get our glasses. Once we went around it was so much fun! However, some people were kind of mad we were there because they knew we were not going to buy anything and were just there for the drinks. But they were good drinks and all I need was 5 tastes before I was tipsy. (Don't worry I didn't do anything completely embarrassing.)
Although, I think the best part was on the walk to find it we past this park that had a jungle gym and a grass area to play soccer, like a regular park. But then off to the side were tanks, fighter planes, and helicopters that kids were climbing on.(pics below) It was quite a contrast, but was pretty awesome! I almost joined the kids climbing on it, again it was the age thing that stopped me. :)
Sunday was a homework day, and I had to attend a Greek Orthodox service for my Theology class. It was interesting, a lot of sitting, standing, sitting, and standing again. But was very interesting to attend.
So far school sucks with all the homework and projects, but they are slowly getting crossed off the list. I hope school is going well for all that are still attending. And I hope that everyone has a blessed and thankful Thanksgiving Day celebrated with family, friends, and loved ones. Happy Thanksgiving!! (save some pumpkin pie for me!!)
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