Sunday, February 22, 2009

The Finer Things in Life

So there are just a few slight changes that I have to adopt while living here. First of all, I can't drink the water. Ok that's not so bad right. Easy, just buy bottled water. Second, don't EVER cross the street when you don't have the right of way. Third, look VERY CAREFULLY when crossing the street even when it's your right of way. They are absolutely crazy drivers here. They drive too fast and don't acknowledge the street signs too often. Fourth, don't flush the toilet paper. Wait! What?! Yup that's right, I can't flush the toilet paper. It all has to be thrown in the garbage. Yuck. Their pipes are too small in Greece and if you flush the toilet paper you can cause a huge backup in the plumbing system. Right now I can already tell that upon my return home I will be quite elated to be able to flush the toilet paper. So onto more exciting things. The weekend started off on Thursday night with Carnival. We went to an area of bars called Mylos and there was a band and Brazilian drummers and dancers. People were dressed in crazy costumes and even most of the study abroad students had masks on. There was meat grilling going on everywhere and it smelt absolutely delicious. After awhile at this particular bar and club, Stephanie and I decided to hit up our favorite spot, Red Rock. Well, needless to say we had a good time. The owner gave us free shots, again and we watched some very interesting guys dance on top of the bar to "The Full Monty". Luckily nothing came off. We were out until about 4 in the morning that night and the parties were still going strong. However, what we noticed last night that there wasn't too much action going on. People must have spent all their money on Thursday and probably still trying to recover. Saturday I went to the Archealogical Museum. It was very beautiful and wonderful to see so many artifacts. There were statues, jelewry, pottery, mosiacs, and much much more. Thanks for reading :D Stay tuned.

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