Yesterday I did my first shopping here in Greece. My roommates and I went grocery shopping at Alpha Beta, a Greek grocery store chain. Everything was in Greek so I wasn’t really sure what to buy so I mainly just bought cereal and yogurt. It’s way too hot here to eat a lot and we get a really big lunch at school.
Today I had to do some stuff at school in the morning but then two of my roommates and I went to explore central Athens. We took a bus to Syntagma Square not realizing that it was only 10 minutes away from our school building. Syntagma was so crowded and touristy. I hadn’t realized what a residential part of Athens we live in until going there. In Pangrati it seems like we are the only Americans but in Syntagma there were tons of speaking English and French and a lot of other languages. The majority of the square area was all shops and stores, so there really wasn’t much to see.
After leaving Syntagma we went and walked through the National Gardens. The garden was so pretty and quiet. It was also a lot cooler so it was a nice place to sit and rest. There was a little zoo thing in the middle of the garden with birds and goats but since I couldn’t read the Greek I’m not sure what the point of it was. I still haven’t seen any ancient ruins or anything but we went by the Temple of Zeus today and I’ve seen more of the Acropolis but from really far away.
Walking around today I saw tons of stray cats and dogs. But all the dogs are fat so someone must feed them. One dog followed us and it looked kind of crazy so I hope it didn’t have rabies. I also saw a German shepherd sleeping on a corner of Syntagma but the traffic and people didn’t seem to bother him.
Tonight we have a dinner at a traditional Greek taverna and tomorrow I start classes which I’m really excited about.
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