The school year of 2006-2007 was a stressful one. February break came and went, and I still wasn’t feeling overly happy. Then, after filing my taxes, I did a bit of thinking about my refund and how I had always wanted to travel to Greece. I’d taken a history of ancient Greece class at UNC-CH, and have always been fascinated with ancient history.
Rather out of the blue one March afternoon, I headed over to AAA and booked myself a holiday in Athens for April break.
I loved my week in Athens! I quickly became comfortable either walking through Plaka (the old part of Athens) or taking the Metro/Subway/T to other parts of the city. My two side excursions included a day trip to Cape Sunion, where Poseidon had a temple, and a day trip to Delphi.
My first day in Athens I attempted to do as the Greeks and went for a self-guided (with my trusty tra
vel book) tour of the Acropolis and surrounding grounds. I think I spent close to six hours walking through all the ruins. It was pretty crazy how close you could walk up to objects that had been around for 4,000 years!
I knew at this point, despite becoming horribly sick at the end of a fantastic holiday (Greece is a country of smokers!!), that I would have to do this again the next April holiday and my next trip was going to be Italy! I had also decided I would love to teach and live in Athens. Thankfully I still had a business card sitting on my coffee table.
Rather out of the blue one March afternoon, I headed over to AAA and booked myself a holiday in Athens for April break.
I loved my week in Athens! I quickly became comfortable either walking through Plaka (the old part of Athens) or taking the Metro/Subway/T to other parts of the city. My two side excursions included a day trip to Cape Sunion, where Poseidon had a temple, and a day trip to Delphi.
My first day in Athens I attempted to do as the Greeks and went for a self-guided (with my trusty tra
vel book) tour of the Acropolis and surrounding grounds. I think I spent close to six hours walking through all the ruins. It was pretty crazy how close you could walk up to objects that had been around for 4,000 years!I knew at this point, despite becoming horribly sick at the end of a fantastic holiday (Greece is a country of smokers!!), that I would have to do this again the next April holiday and my next trip was going to be Italy! I had also decided I would love to teach and live in Athens. Thankfully I still had a business card sitting on my coffee table.
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