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