I then reached the base of the hill again and crossed the road to visit the Acropolis museum. The Acropolis museum had the largest collection of Greek statues I had ever seen and a lot of the old friezes that were torn off the Parthenon during the Byzantine and Ottoman eras. I then walked towards [...]
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International Adventures
Tags: Acropolis, Ancient Agora, ancient greeks, Athena, Athens, democracy, Greece, gyro, Hadrian's Library, study abroad, Temple of Nike, Temple of Zeus, The Parthenon, travel
December 7, 2009
A loud car alarm woke me up at 7:30. I tried to sleep a little more, but a hostel mate kept ranting to his friend about how we so drunk that he got lost inside his own hostel. So I got up and dressed at 8:00 AM and began my day.
Breakfast was simple and meager, [...]
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Friday night I tried to fall asleep, but I couldn’t. As I was trying to rest, my stomach start to bloat with pressure. Then it grew stronger like boiling pot trying to thrust out water. I also began to heat up and profusely sweat. Then all the sudden, I felt like a had to vomit [...]
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I woke up too early again for my flight and ended up at the easyjet gate one hour early. The plane ride was smooth as I watched more of Niall’s documentary and read a little of a finance book that Roman lent to me.
At 2:15 Athens time, I landed in Greece. The airport was modern, [...]
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