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| Poppy and me |
After the ferry ride we arrived to Pireus, Athens and I had absolutely no idea what Poppy looked like nowadays but she quite easily spotted us! She had arrived to pick us up with his boyfriend by car. :) We got a car ride to her home in Egaleo. Her place looked so nice, so cosy even though it was small. Poppy invited us to go watch a movie with her and her friend and we went to watch Street Dance 3D. We ordered some food to her place in the evening (pitogira) and they were really cheap and tasty! The night we hang at Poppy's place with her watching a movie and greek idols on tv. The next day we were planning to go see Athens.
On 28th of June we woke up around 10am and headed to supermarket to buy something to eat. Poppy didn't quite understand us 'cause she never eats breakfast at home, she crabs something to eat on her way to school. We decided to go first to Acropolis to see the temple of Parthenon. It was nice to see it since we started our school history at the age of maybe 9 to study the greek Gods and saw pictures of the Parthenon.
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| Parthenon |
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| Mount Lykavittos |
After seeing the whole Athens from the Acropolis hill we made our way to Plaka which is famous for it's narrow street and the real life of Athens. We started looking for the Syntagma square and the Parliament house which we found just on time when they had the change of guards. The looked a bit funny in their national clothes and funny walking style.. On our way to Syntagma we walked passed MANY clothes shops and cafes etc. We also took a mini train ride in the streets of Athens near Acropolis hill. It was funny 'cause we had walked there where we felt like going without any maps or knowing were to go. When we took the mini train it went almost exactly the same streeets we had all ready seen! :D We had a quiet moment at the mini train since behind and in front of us came to sit some finnish people.. We ended up spending 9 hours in Athens. :) In the evening Poppy taught me some greek and put greek songs to my mp3 :) We went to sleep around 2am..
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| Change of guards.. |
On the 29th of June it was our last full day of the trip! :( We went to shop in Egaleo because it was a transportation strike going on. We found amazing shops, especially shoe shops! We shopped almost the whole day! :D In the evening we wanted to go out to eat and maybe drink a bit.. So we headed to the Egaleo metro station which was supposed to be open already but it wasn't so we took a taxi to Kerameikos metro station were was many bars and restaurants. We ate and went to drinks to a bar called Soho and then to a bar called Millenium. After a while we started talking with nice greek guys who offered to show us to some club near and it ended up being this house music place which we didn't like at all. Around 5am we took a taxi back to Poppy's place.
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| Athens |
After seeing the whole Athens from the Acropolis hill we made our way to Plaka which is famous for it's narrow street and the real life of Athens. We started looking for the Syntagma square and the Parliament house which we found just on time when they had the change of guards. The looked a bit funny in their national clothes and funny walking style.. On our way to Syntagma we walked passed MANY clothes shops and cafes etc. We also took a mini train ride in the streets of Athens near Acropolis hill. It was funny 'cause we had walked there where we felt like going without any maps or knowing were to go. When we took the mini train it went almost exactly the same streeets we had all ready seen! :D We had a quiet moment at the mini train since behind and in front of us came to sit some finnish people.. We ended up spending 9 hours in Athens. :) In the evening Poppy taught me some greek and put greek songs to my mp3 :) We went to sleep around 2am.. 
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