To Greece And Back Again!

Hello ya'll. After my poor attempts at keeping up with the daily goings on in the Fall of 2010 at the American College of Thessaloniki, I've decided to create this blog to keep my travels in chronological order - this site for this semester's adventures and my other blog, http://sydneyhembree.blogspot.com/, for the previous semester. I hope you enjoy my posts while I *once again* try to tell my stories as best as I can. Yamas!
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Where to start, where to start...since this was my first time flying solo across the Atlantic (last semester, I was with my brother and mom), I was more than a bit anxious about the trip. Not only was I going through Atlanta's security (which is a pain in the butt, believe me!), but I was hopping from Atlanta to Charlotte, NC to London to SKG (Thessaloniki, Greece). I distinctly remember wondering if I was clinically insane or not, but I'm here, in one piece, so I guess I managed to make it. I had some complications, however, like any normal person would. 


First, my peanut butter was confiscated. Now, you may ask why I would bother hauling a couple pounds of peanut butter all the way to Greece. Simple: 1) it's one of the only sources of protein that I have at my disposal and 2) it was either that or buy a small jar of Skippy peanut butter at 5 euro a pop. Which would YOU choose? Second, after reaching London, I had to pay for my overweight luggage. My mom and I researched ahead of time about the overweight charge for Olympic Air (11 pounds per kilo over), so I was prepared to pay - I just didn't realize how much....124 dollars later, I finally boarded the plane. Thank goodness it was a short flight!

After arriving, finding a taxi to take me downtown to the Evangelistria district and walking into my room, I collapsed in a heap, not waking up when the new study abroad kids came back from orientation or when they left to go out for the night. Despite our opposite time schedules for the first few days, I slowly got to know the Kalis Elpidos bunch. We've already set up family dinners, kind of like last semester's K.E. group, only with less alcohol. I'm extremely excited to see what this group of people will do and where we will go - I've already heard talk of going to more-local places, like Croatia, the Greek Islands, and Romania. We'll find out soon enough if these trips will actually happen. Until then, αντίο!