Well, let's start with the fact that its been almost a week since I have blogged. My apologies. I will do my best to recall the details from each day. Anyhow, this is for Thursday, May 17.
We had Greek class from 9:00-11:40 and everyone except 5 of us left for Italy. We all went back to our apartments and did whatever (mostly napped) until it was time to head out for the OLYMPIC FLAME CEREMONY. This is as awesome as it sounds. The torch is lit in Olympia, Greece, every four years for the olympics. They then have runners that run it all the way to the destination where the olympics are taking place that year, which is London for this year.
Well Aphrodite told us it started at 5:30 and to get there early to get seats. We got there at 4:30, in the freezing cold rain, and waited. Pouring rain. So cold we were shaking. Ask me when it started. Ask me if we sat there in the freezing cold rain, 3 grown women under one small umbrella, for 3 hours until it actually started. Though we were miserable, a nice old Greek man sitting in front of us befriended us and translated all of the Greek announcements for us and gave us fun facts. He even bought us magnets from the man walking around selling them. We were singing too to keep us entertained and he complimented us, saying the crowds were really there to see us (which they were..duh).
Anyways, around 7:30, the torch showed up and we watched them take turns doing laps with it and eventually light the big column in the center. It was pretty majestic, the rain suddenly stopped and there was a huge rainbow over the stadium.
So we left afterwards (maybe a little before it was over...we were cold!!!) and went to Fridays for dinner. This was nothing out of the ordinary, got some American food and warmed up. Had some crazy eye love making with this one guy. Unfortunately it did not end how it does in movies, he did not chase me out and beg me to go on a date with him.
Following this we played some games at the other apartment and crashed. We were at the point where we were so exhausted that we were laughing EXTREMELY hard at everything. Especially in Fridays we had some confusing conversations that got mixed up and nobody understood anything that was going on. And I made a cootie catcher. Yeah, cool.
We had Greek class from 9:00-11:40 and everyone except 5 of us left for Italy. We all went back to our apartments and did whatever (mostly napped) until it was time to head out for the OLYMPIC FLAME CEREMONY. This is as awesome as it sounds. The torch is lit in Olympia, Greece, every four years for the olympics. They then have runners that run it all the way to the destination where the olympics are taking place that year, which is London for this year.
Well Aphrodite told us it started at 5:30 and to get there early to get seats. We got there at 4:30, in the freezing cold rain, and waited. Pouring rain. So cold we were shaking. Ask me when it started. Ask me if we sat there in the freezing cold rain, 3 grown women under one small umbrella, for 3 hours until it actually started. Though we were miserable, a nice old Greek man sitting in front of us befriended us and translated all of the Greek announcements for us and gave us fun facts. He even bought us magnets from the man walking around selling them. We were singing too to keep us entertained and he complimented us, saying the crowds were really there to see us (which they were..duh).
Anyways, around 7:30, the torch showed up and we watched them take turns doing laps with it and eventually light the big column in the center. It was pretty majestic, the rain suddenly stopped and there was a huge rainbow over the stadium.
So we left afterwards (maybe a little before it was over...we were cold!!!) and went to Fridays for dinner. This was nothing out of the ordinary, got some American food and warmed up. Had some crazy eye love making with this one guy. Unfortunately it did not end how it does in movies, he did not chase me out and beg me to go on a date with him.
Following this we played some games at the other apartment and crashed. We were at the point where we were so exhausted that we were laughing EXTREMELY hard at everything. Especially in Fridays we had some confusing conversations that got mixed up and nobody understood anything that was going on. And I made a cootie catcher. Yeah, cool.
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