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Greece Giddiness!

Yup... the moment we landed in the city of Patras Greece it hit us! WE ARE IN GREECE! we have been waiting for this moment to come and we have entitled our Greece experience "the Greece Giddiness" (If u are reading this Lori then I plan on attacking a lot of places we have learned about in class). How is everyone? I am doing well. We are planning on spending 4 nights in Athens and take various day trips to place like Delphi, Cape Sounion, and Corinth. On the 4th day we plan on going to the Cyclades for about 10 days. We are very, very excited. I am just so happy to be here. The people are so wonderful and amazing. It has been great. We got here by ferry from the Italian port of Bari. A funny story I have to tell... I am not that big on gambling but I guess I am lucky because I won a poker tournament on the ferry and I got lucky with my first (and only) chance at the slot machines! It was fun just to say I did it (don't worry mom and dad i am not a gambler in any way). Greek is paradise... on the 5 hour train from Patras to Athens the train was going on the edge of all the cliffs so we were able to see the islands and water and it was just out of this world. The locals kept giggling at us because they are used to this but they understood. What has been refreshing about Greece is that is cheaper than anywhere else we have been which means I will be able to update more. Ok well night you all. Efcharisto for reading this!

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