My trip to Greece

I had such an amazing time in Greece. I wish I could go back, I already miss all the things..the sun, the sea, all the people, everything to be honest. I' m going to guide you through my journey.

First we all met at the train station in Ljubljana where we waited for a mini van which then took us to the Ronchi airport. I was really excited and at the same time nervous because it was my first flight with an airplane. But it wasn't that scary and I must say the view from the plane was gorgeous. We were able to see miles and miles away. 

 

 

 

 When we landed a bus drove us to the city where we met the families who were we staying with. I was a bit tired that day, so as soon as we arrived to the house I took a little nap.

The next day we went to school in the morning where we and all the other students had their presentations. I didn't expect there would be so many students and it was interesting seeing and listening to such different people, the languages were really diverse. After the presentations we had a workshop where we made and also sang a song about waste. Later that day we were able to go anywhere we wanted so we met with some of the others students and we went for a long walk through Athens. It's a really big and beautiful city but almost every street looks exactly the same, so if I was alone I would have gotten lost the first second.   

 

 

 On Wednesday we had a guided tour. First we went to the Parthenon, it's really beautiful but also really enormous. After that we also visited the Acropolis Museum where we saw how Athens incurred and also old parts of the city. After the tour we went back to the school where we had a workshop again. We painted empty boxes of eggs, it was really fun and while we were doing this we also had a chance to communicate with other students and get to know them and their country better.

 

 

And then it was already Thursday, our journey was coming to an end very quickly. We went to the Borre museum where we saw a  whole collection of interesting paintings made out of recycled materials. After that we visited the Marathon race museum where they had a lot of medals, scores from the past year and they even had shoes from some of the contestants. We also saw the Dam of Marathon which is really big and provides water to the city. After all of this we went to the beach where we ate delicious and also unusual food and ran up and down the beach but because the wind was blowing so much we got sand in our shoes, hair, bags and pretty much everywhere. At the end of the day we had dinner somewhere in the center of the city. We had a had a lot of fun that evening, we were dancing and having fun with other students and teachers.

 

 

 So the journey was at its end. We only had one more day before we went home, so we wanted to make the most of our last day in Greece. We went for an one out trip with all of the students, even the Greeks to Sounio. We had a really great view on the sea. All of us really started to like each other and we got along really well and because we didn't want to say goodbye yet, we decided that we should spend our last day together as long as possible.

 

We met in front of the hotel and first went for a walk through the center of Athens where we had a chance to buy souvenirs and anything else we wanted to. After that we had a desire to go to Starbucks and just like magic POOF! and we were there. There we met some of the other students and spent the the rest of our night there.

 

 

I didn't expect that I would have such an splendid time and I also didn't think that it would be so hard to say goodbye to all of the amazing people I met, I really got attached  to all of them. But we promised that one day, all of us will meet someday somewhere. And I'm really excited and thrilled to host some of you guys here in Slovenia.   

Athens

I was really nervous because it was my first time on the airplane, but it was ok. The view was amazing, but I slept most of the trip there. When we came to Athens we met our hosting families. I was staying with Melina and she hosted me and Greta from Lithuania.

At first I thought the houses are very beautiful and big, the streets are very narrow and there were no pedestrian crossing. In the afternoon we went to the mall and i was surprised how much people were shopping and they have so many shops but they are a mess.

On Tuesday we went to school and students from Greece were representing their country and their way to recycle. In the afternoon we had our presentation and it was interesting. That thay i first ate gyros and feta and i really liked it.

On Wednesday we meet in school and went to see acropolis and it was very interesting. We saw the old greek theater and on the top we had amazing veiw.  We also saw the house of really famous criminal that is now in jail and his house is really big and expensive. In the evening we went to dinner to get to know other students better.

On Thursday we went to a museum called Borre museum. It's split in two parts. First part was art made of recycled materials and i think it's really awesome, that things that we would normally throw in the trash can be beautiful art. The second part is original old house of this one artist and in the house there was a lot of plates that were good china. Later on we went to the Marathon race museum. And we learned about the history of olympics. We also saw the lake that was build by hand. In the evening we had goodbye dinner and we had a lot of fun. It was interesting watching people dance especially teachers.

On Friday we took a short trip to the beach but it was so windy, we had sand everywhere. When we came back we went to a hotel.

I think i learned a lot on this trip. I would really like to go back one day because we become really good friends. I learned a lot about Greece,  their culture and their history. I also learned some English. It was a great experience and best week of my life.


Maša Alič

 

Week in Athens

It all started on Monday morning. I was so tired because i slept  just 3 hours. At first we went to the airport in Trieste. I wasn't scared of the flight because i did it before. Flight to Rome wasn't so long nor the other  to Athens. We came to Greece around  12 o'clock. We went by bus to Athens and there we met our hosting families.  My hosting family wasn't there, so the principal took me to the family.  At first I met just the guys Pannos and Gorge, they were really nice to me. In the evening we went bowling at the Mall and we played ice hockey, ate pancakes with nutella. They were so good. The both guys were really nice to me. We were really having fun. I really liked them.

The second day we had presentations at school. The presentations were about recycling and waste sorting. The first presentation was given by Checz Republic, the second Turkey, and we were the third. I was so scared what if i forget everything and i stop talking but everything went well. Everybody said that we were really good so we were happy. After the presentations we went home. It was a good day.

On Wednesday we went to Parthenon. It was really hot outside. The Parthenon was so beautiful and interesting. We were walking around Parthenon and taking pictures from the different places. We were having fun, Anja and Maša were jumping around and laughing. It was really good because of sun and everything beautiful around. Then we went to the Acropolis museum. In the museum it wasn't so interesting but i still listened to the guide. I was so exausted that at the end i wasn't able to stand any longer. But than the guide said: 'Now it's over'. I was happy because we went to caffeteria to hot chocolate. It was so good.  I, Anja and Maša were laughung all the time and we were talking about the snow in Slovenia.  After the take off we went back to the school to have the rest of presentations. It was all quite good but ours was the best i think. When we finished with the presentation we had a workshop at the classroom it was so funny because we were colouring the boxes for eggs. I missed the box and coloured Anja just a little. She was so pissed off but I was laughing. We were talking with Xristos and just laughing all the time. It was really good. When we finished it we went to the restaurant where we had dinner.  Xristos was sitting with us and we were talking and laughing and joking. It was really fun. Xristos is really funny and nice guy. We were having so much fun i will never forget. After dinner we went home i just went to bed and fell asleep. I was so tired.

 On Thursday we went to Marathon museum. We were listening about first marathon and Olympic games. It wasn't so long. After museum we went to see the lake of water that it was for Athens. Then we went to the beach. It was a sunny day so it was warm. It was really windy. Sand was everywhere. We were on the beach for 15 min but than we went to fish restaurant where we ate a great fish spread and bread and we drank a frozen coffee frape. When we finished eating we went to the beach again and we were jumping araund and laughing. It was really fun but i had sand everywhere in every single hole. I even ate a little sand. It was awful. Then we went back to school by bus and then to our homes. In the evening we had a dinner in taverna in the center. We were all together, Greek sudents and everyone else. We were joking, dancing, laughing, and learning some Greek and Slovenian words. It was really fun. I was laughing so hard all the time that my stomach burned in the end. It was so so fun really. We were there long in the night and i was really tired. When i came home i just lay in my bed and fell asleep. Friday the last day with my guys. In the morning I had to say goodbey to my hosting family because in the evening we went to the hotel. But after saying goodbye we went with bus to Cape Sunio. It was really windy, and so beautiful, all the cliffs and everything.  After walking around we went to ice coffee, and then to the lunch in some restaurant. We were really having fun with Greek guys. After lunch we went back to Athens and we went to hotel. We were in hotel untill  18 o'clock and then we went out with Greek  and Hungarian guys to Sturbucks coffee shop. We were there all evening and it was fun. And at the 22 o'clock the fairytale ended. We went back to hotel. We said goodbye to everyone. We were all really sad. This week was the best week in my life.  I will never forget it and noone of the guys that I met there. Everybody was so frendly and nice to me. I really liked Greece and I know that I will go back someday. I don't know when but i will. Because I already miss everyone. It was the best.

Urša Šalej