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February 10, 2008 - Athens, Greece
We are entering our last week in Athens and I can't believe it! We have been here for 2 weeks and are so used to our little section of the city, it will be weird to move somewhere else and have to adjust all over again. This weekend was pretty cold and crappy out, but we had a good time. Friday night we had Traditional Greek dancing lessons with...
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Culture
February 10, 2008 - Athens, Greece
Just thought I'd write a not about some of the different cutural experiences I'm having besides seeing the sights. For the past two nights the group has been going to a dance studio that specializes in traditional Greek dance. It's been great learning about the dances, music, and where they come from. We're doing mostly circle dances -- 80...
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Oh, Athens.
February 9, 2008 - Athens, Greece
We've been in Athens for almost two weeks now. It's great to get to know the city and become acquainted with our surroundings. Including the hotel staff, local shop owners, and neighborhood people. We're not locals yet, but we're getting better One day this past week we went to a church located in the middle of downtown...
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February 9
February 7, 2008 - Athens, Greece
So yesterday we had another birthday, she turned 20, so we went out on the town to celebrate! About 15 of the twenty students went and we had a great time at a cafe in the Plaka, where they play all sorts of music, and surprisingly a lot of american popular music. We danced the night away in the 2nd level until they kicked us out at the end of...
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One Week...already
February 4, 2008 - Athens, Greece
Today we have officially been in Athens for an entire week...it feels so much longer! We already know our way around the small part of the city we walk in every day. Today we had late class because we all went to the Hard Rock Cafe last night to watch the superbowl...kickoff was at 1:30 am here and we were told that was where all the Americans...
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