It's All Relative

WE MADE IT.

Yep, we certianly did, and with very little screw-ups too might I add. The past two days have been terribly and horribly exhausting. After the London flight, a 5 hour layover, the Prague flight and another 5 hour layover, another flight AND spending last night in the Athens airport, I was so dead. I didn't think I would feel so crappy, but I really did. I seriously doubt I have gotten more than 2 hours of sleep in the last two days, but as soon as we got into downtown Athens, I was so amped. This city is so amazing. After getting into Athens at 2:30 and kicking it there till 7 (we didn't think it would be a good idea to wander around Athens the wee hours of the morning) we took the train into the city from the airport and went to our planned hotel, but when we went to check in, they didn't have our reservation. I was slightly panicked, but we resorted to our Let's Go Europe book and found a rad little place right in the heart of downtown Athens. We have a terrace overlooking the streets and a view of the Acropolis. Don't think we are living in luxuary though-it does have a ghetto element to it, but its fun nonetheless. We were stoked we found a hotel without breaking down.

After we checked in, Nellie, the hotel owner let us in on the in and outs of Athens. We then headed off to check it all out. Athens is so amazing. I didn't really expect it to be like this. The streets are narrow, but there are cute little boutiques and cafes lining every one of them. We turned a corner and ran right into this beautiful church. We then met Constantine- this awesome retired Greek man who kicks it out front of this church with his buddy ( i forget his name) he talked to us for like 15 minutes on the best spots to go in Athens and gave us littlke mini-lessons on Greek history. Constantine pretty much hooked us up. He told us to go inside the church and light a candle- we went in, and although we opted to sans the candle lighting, we really couldn't help but be overwhelmed with the beauty of this church. Its the oldest Bisitine church in the Greece. It was built in the 11th century and is just seriously, like sitting in the middle of this court, across from Sephora and like, the J.Lo boutique. It's crazy.

We stopped here at the internet cafe to check in, but we are up to the Acropolis now. I am so lucky to be here and still can't believe I am here, seeing all of this. Tomorrow we leave for Santorini. So excited about it. I will post again when I get the chance. Buh-Bye for now!