Basketball, picnic, football and Greece independence day!

On Thurday (22nd) I woke up late and got ready to meet my tandem language partner again! :) I didn't have that much time since I was going to watch a second playoff game of basketball: Panathinaikos - Maccabi Electra from Israel. The game was an euroleague game. I went there with my greek friend, Xenofon and couple of his friends! :) The arena was huge! I've never been to watch a basketball game in Finland but what I've seen from tv and it was nothing like we have in Finland! The arena is located in Marousi and it is the "Olympic Indoor Hall", it seats 19,250 people and at the game it wasn't even full and the atmosphere was crazy, indescribable! 

The game was really exciting and it went to over time! Panathinaikos lost 94-92. Couple of so stupid mistakes at the end cost the points..! The fans there were loud! As in really loud!! They sang or shout songs all through the game! The noise seemed to me to make to game much more psychological since the fans really can get to some players singing terrible songs about them.. I really wouldn't want to be a hated player in front of over 10 000 fans.. On the other hand the players must have learnt just to forget the fans and people there and concentrate what they are there to do.. :) There were this huge smoke cloud above the court since almost everybody smoked cigarettes or pot (a safe place to smoke since nobody can get caught). Outside there arena there were lots of riot police officers to make sure it's safe in there!

On a Friday morning I went to Ilion to the rehabilitation center. It was such a fun day there!! We had one egyptian patient who spoke fluent greek and when I tried to do some therapy with him he just called me his honey and darling and stuff and he didn't listen to anything I told him to do.. And it wasn't just me, that happens to his therapist also (minus he doesn't call him his darling..) :D One patient was originally from Rhodes and he spoke some finnish! It was so much fun to communicate even a little in Finnish and now everybody else had the feeling of not understanding and asking me to translate! :D Then suddenly this student boy asked me to come with him, and on the therapy table there was this man and the student told me with poor english that: "a good hand and leg, a bad hand and leg. Do what you want", closed the curtains leaving me there alone. I couldn't believe it! :D Terrible and hilarious situation. In the end I couldn't do anything but laugh about it. I asked as many questions in greek as I could from the patient and started doing some therapy with him. I can tell you that 30 minutes is a long time when you don't have that much idea what should be done!! :D The day also included a 90 minute lecture about the corruption and financial situation in Greece..! :D

After the practical training I went to Exarchia to have a coffee with Molly. Molly is a greek-irish-american occupationaltherapist-student and she is doing her practical training in Ilion also. :) So we went to have a coffee and play Tavli (Backhammon), a game I used to play a lot in summertimes in Greece! I had totally forgotten that it is my favourite game! It was so nice to play it!

Then I walked to the Syntagma sq. where I met someone from Athensmus and I paid my deposit for the sailing party on 6-8th of April. The trip is expensive but it's also once in a life time thing! I totally wanted to do it when I saw the advertisement while still in Finland! + it's my birthday so it's also gonna be once in a lifetime birthday party on a yacht! :) 

In the evening me and my flatmate had a spring party at our place! First I think people were a bit uneasy but when they started drinking the mood changed! We danced Macarena in a line of maybe ten people! We also danced along with Abba's hit songs! Then we headed to Panepistimio to some bar. I walked home and went to bed around 3.30 am :)

The statue at the top of Filopappou

On Saturday I woke up before my alarm, to my surprise! It was time for Erasmus famous picnic-botellon held in Filopappou hill near Acropolis hill. :) Me and Miina met and since we were a bit late from the meeting time we decided to go there on our own. We walked there and climbed up and there was no one there.. We stayed there anyway to enjoy the sun and admire the view. Then we walked past thissio and monastiraki and left home. :) Oh, and when we were leavinh around 3.30 pm we met some students just going there.. So we should have guest to come there like hours late.. :D

The view from Filopappou: Akropols and Lycavittos

On a Sunday morning I woke up early since I had a date with Miina and the other finnish girl Kati who eventually didn't come since she had forgotten to change the time from clocks.. We met two Miina's greek friends at Monastiraki metro station. It was quite an adventure to go there since some of the metro stations were closed for example, mine Evangelismos was closed.. Sunday 25.3 was a Greece's independence day and there was this military parade at Syntagma. There weren't many people since most were scared of some riots and demonstrations. We were also a bit nervous but since there were 4500 police officers on the streets, it felt safe there. Twice a year there are parades in Thessaloniki and in Athens. Last parade in Thessaloniki was cancelled because of huge riots. So the same thing was afraid to happen also in Athens. 

There is this tradition about the parade. There is a student and military parade held. In front of Syntagma there are these VIP chairs and when the student parade walks near it and are about to pass it, there is this tradition that when told the students must turn their heads towarsds the ministers, politician and president to honour and show them their respect. Last year was the first year, when this was supposed to happen, the students didn't turn their heads or turned them into an opposite direction. Some of the students even gave the finger to them.. Also some of the older students had had black shirts on instead of blue ones.. That was quite a scandal last year. Well, this year the student parade was on Saturday and we weren't there but we heard that also this year they didn't show them their respect..

The military parade was pretty cool. The place were we stand it was really peacful and no signs of any riots. We only stand maybe 100-200 metres from the main area from Syntagma. The parade lasted mabe 40 minutes and it covered all the military sections. Fireman, special forces, "tsoliades" = the presidental guards who stand in fron of the Syntagma etc. I think they might have gotten the biggest applause when the riot polices got the worst booing.. 

Tsoliades

After the parade me, Miina, Angela and her boyfriend and Katerina went to some hotel in Monastiraki to have coffee at the roof. The view, oh my god! I think it became my favourite view in Athens! I also drank coffee again, I'm becoming addicted to Frappe (a greek iced-coffee with coffee, sugar and milk). You can drink it many ways if you want it stronger but I'll like mine probably because it doesn't taste that much in coffee. Anyway, it's delicious! We had fun time hanging out and the girls were a bit embarrassed since I knew better than them some things about Athens and some places. :D

Amazing!

Then me and Miina left to eat at Kerameikos. At first we were supposed to go eat somewhere near my place but we got the metro to the wrong direction so we decided why not eat in Kerameikos. After coming to my place we rested a little over 30 minutes and started our way towards the Olympic stadium since we got free football tickets from Angela. It was AEK- Panaitolikos. Also there the fans were crazy but it didn't feel that insane since the stadium was so empty. AEK won 1-0 and it was okey, mostly my head turned towards the fans since the game was a bit slow, as football often is to my opinion.. :)

AEK - Panaitolikos

Fans

Outside the olympic stadium

On a Monday morning was the first time in ages since my flue, that I felt okey enough to go to the gym! It was nice after a while! :) Then I headed to Viktoria station and to the Athensmus office to pay my trip to Chalkida and Karystos for a beach party the next weekend (I learnt that here it's actually said this weekend) (now I'm not sure how to say it anymore and which is correct in which language..). Then I took a nap and got ready for a "Champions leage game" -event. We, exchange students, went somewhere near Kerameikos metro station to play football. It was really nice to play and it was so much fun! :)

Yesterday I had again my practical training at Attikon hospital and straight after that my language course. For the whole day I was so tired but I fought against myself and got my self up to go to the gym and to the supermarket! :) 

Today again practical training and language course. Then me and Miina got lost in Larissa when we didn't find a right bus stop.. When we eventually were sitting in a bus Miina figured why we couldn't find it: the road was a one way street so obviously the bus can't leave the same way it came.. From Miina's place I decided to try to walk home without a map. I knew it was around 3,5km and the Lycavittos hill was my only landmark. But I made it home easily and with a bit of luck! :D

Egina

On friday morning me and Miina met at Evangelismos metro station at 9 am and took a metro first to Monastiraki and then changed into a green line and headed to Pireus! I was so excited to go home! We bought the tickets to ferry from the harbour and with greek student cards it was only 6,20€ /head. There are also flying dolphins (the fast ones) going to Poros but they cost 15€ even from students but it only takes 1 hour. The ferry takes 2,5 hours, at least on paper.. From experience it's usually closer to 3 hours. It also stops at Egina and Methana before Poros.

Miina and myself

Miina, me and Costas

On the ferry we got a cozy place and started to practise our greek language doing some alphabet exercises. There were three greek boys sitting next to us and they seemed really amused when we tried to spell the alphabet. We started talking and the guys were also going to Poros. Two of them played football at the logal team and one of them worked there at some fast food place (didn't even know there is one in Poros). The guy we talked most with, Costas, was playing football professionally. He had played in Germany and his next goal was to play in Holland in some good team. The time went pretty fast and we got invitations to go and watch their practise the same day and also their game on Sunday. 

At the harbour Thanassis, the owner of Villa Violetta, was there to meet us. It was so nice to see him after two years. He figured that I speak or at least understand some greek so he mostly talked greek with me! :D It was a nice challenge and I think that most of the easy stuff at least I understood and was able to respond. :) Climbing the hotel stairs really really felt like going home! Seeing the room number 6 and being in it felt like being home! For the first time in 20 years I was able to communicate with Thannassis wife Angeliki in greek! Amazing! 

Lemon trees

Quiet Askeli street

We left to walk around Askeli (I don't remember if I've written in the texts from Interrail trip but the island can be divided into three parts: Neorio, Askeli and the town) and I showed Miina some places and told a lot of stories! :D Askeli was really dead! All the restaurants were closed, the beach was dead, no people anywhere! Only both of the supermarkets in Askeli and the gym were open. It was weird seeing the place so quiet and dead but also really relaxing, coming from the busy and noiseful Athens. We passed the swimming pool where I learnt how to swim, swimming pools where I've spent my summer holidays, places where I've driven a scooter for the first time etc. etc. etc. So many great memories!

Cascade swimming pool where I learnt how to swim

The beach at the end of Askeli, next to Taverna Romantza

After walking around Askeli we went to sit down on this dock and enjoy the crystal clear water and the sun. The weather was pretty good but not so warm. Then we headed to watch the football practise for maybe half an hour or so. The distance from Askeli to the town is around 2-2,5km and the football field is close to the town. Then we went to town to walk around and of course take pictures (like I don't have every angle already filmed of Poros..). We climbed to the clock tower and the view was pretty nice!!

Askeli Beach

Poros cemetery

Poros town

Clock tower

After walking a lot we went to sit in this nice cafe and ordered a delicious waffle! :) Then we took a taxi to Askeli and slept a while, took showers and back to the town to eat. It was relaxing just to sit and eat in this quiet restaurant with greek music. After we went to the cafe to sit. :) I joined Costas and his friend at the Joy bar and Miina left to hotel. It was nice night and I got a scooter ride to home around 3 am.

The next morning on Saturday we woke up around 10 am and Angeliki called us to our hotel room phone to ask if we wanted to have coffee and some breakfast. Not much longer she brought us coffee, biscuits, bread and apple pie! Then we left to the beach since it was a really warm and sunny day. :)

In the morning we agreed with Angeliki that we would have lunch at 4 pm and we where maybe expecting something small stuff but she had made us a real lunch! After the lunch we went out again to enjoy the sun. Then it was a nap time and I was really tired when I woke up. Again we walked to the town and went to eat at Taverna Oasis where I met some family friends after two years! :) We were supposed to go the bar Maskes but there wasn't really anyone there so, again, I got a scooter ride to the hotel. :)

The next morning we did the same thing as yesterday. To the beach and now it was really warm!! :) When it was time to pay for our hotel Thanassis and his wife told us that it was free!! We really would have wanted to pay at least something but after talking to my parents we decided that they might get offensed if we would leave some money. Instead we bought chocolate and wrote a small thank you letter in greek! :D

We packed our stuff and walked to the town and went to eat pizza and greek salad at Oasis taverna. :) Then we waited for our ferry to leave and it was almost half an hour late. The ride back to Pireus felt like it took for ever! The metro ride was also sooo long! Finally around 8 pm I was home :)

So relaxing and wonderful weekend with Miina in a peaceful island! This time it wasn't difficult to leave since I knew I would be coming back on 6th of April and also on easter time since Thanassis invited me there :)

 Antonis Remos song

On Monday this week (19th) I slept late and went to supermarket since I really didn't have anything to eat!! I had been living with ready-made meatballs the past week of course I had also eaten at school some very olive oily food! :D Then I met my tandem language partner Despoina at Panepistimio metro station and two hours went fast learning greek and teaching finnish!

On Tuesday morning it was time for my practical training to start with my new classmates at Attiko hospital. We met 7.45 in Kerameikos metro station from where we got a car ride from one of the classmates. The practical training really wasn't what I'd been expecting! We (13 + teacher) were at this big room with physiotherapy stuff in it. We started at 8.30 am and were allowed to leave at 12.30. During that time we had 4-5 patients coming some random times and we worked as pairs. When some patient came two where asked to interview the patient while the others did something else like sit, talked with each other, goofed around, practised on each other or did something with the other patients. Then when the interview part was over we were supposed to tell others and the teacher what we had found out and then the teacher told us what to do. In most cases she threated the patients and the rest of us looked. It was a long day to be around greek language and at some point I noticed that I didn't even try to pay attention trying to understand something. My part was mostly to watch, sit and listen when somebody volunteered to translate stuff to me.

After the practical training all the students went to buy coffee and we stayed and hang around outside the hospital! (something like that would never happen in Finland, as soon as we get of everybody leaves!) I got a car ride to T.E.I campus where I met Miina and went to eat and get ready for our language course.

After the exhausting but really interesting language course we went to sit in Egaleo sq. and enjoy the warm weather. Then we went to Miina's place. She lives in this Finnish-istitute or something like that. Her apartment was really nice! And downstairs they have this common room with finnish magazines, tv, coaches and stuff. :)

Yesterday was a pretty similar day. In the morning I went to my practical training and the day went past same as the day before. We got an opportunity to go actually to some department upstairs to watch an old man try to walk after having a hip replacement. The teacher miss (I think every one here (when talking about teachers) are called Miss) Palanaki let us off at 11.45. We left to the main campus of T.E.I since the others had a class only at 3 pm. I waited for Miina at the bus stop of our school and I was rolling my trouser legs up from my jeans and I only had some top on when this around 50-year-old greek man walked past me laughing at me.. He was wearing a long sleeved shirt and warm winter jacket.. I explained myself that I'm from Finland and then I had a small conversation with him in greek what am I doing in Greece and what do I study etc. Then I met Miina and went to eat and to the language course! Then we decided to take a bus and then a metro to Kifisia! Since I was really hungry we got of at Metaxourgio and walked to T.E.I. diner place but it was closed since we remembered to time wrong. Then we came to conclusion that the metro to Kifisia would take too long and we didn't even have cameras with us. Instead we went to Plaka to walk around the beautiful narrow streets and to eat pitogyra at Smile cafe place. :) We also looked up a scandinavian church where we visited. It wasn't actually even near a church it was this big room with scandinavian books and movies etc. There were two Swedish woman one of whom had lived in Greece over 30 years. It was a place for scandinavian people to gather if they live in Greece or stay long in Greece and want to meet people from their own country or something like that.

Then we walked to Syntagma and I decided not to buy a ticket since it was only for one stop.. Well well.. There were guys who checked our tickets. The fine would have been 84 euros.. The guy was really nice. I tried to look as innocent as I could and pretended that I didn't know the ticket only lasts for 90 minutes. After I told him I was from Finland and both of my parents are Finnish and he still wondered my greek name he got me of with a warning.. I bit scary situation but I've heard that some other exchange students have gotten fines and they haven't paid for them..

So far today I've walked a lot out side since it's really warm there. Soon Im meeting Despoina and practising some Greek. Then in the evening I'm going to watch a basketball game Panathinaikos (Greece) - Maccabi Electra (Israel). The game is a second playoff game in Euroleague. Panathinaikos won the first game couple of days ago.

Here is some video about the last years Panathinaikos playoff game..
Atmosphere is a bit different than in Finland..

Living my every day life

On Saturday I did nothing! I wasn't feeling that well since my flu really started that day (and I still think it gets worse every day!). At some point of the day I opened up my computer and the virus was gone! :D I know nothing about computers but I was confused.. :D

On Sunday my finnish friend's greek boyfriend came to take a look at my computer and fixed it once and for all! Thank god. I was really miserable without my computer. I'm really dependable on it. I had absolutely nothing to do when it didn't work!

Around 2 pm people started coming to our place since my flatmate had created an event to facebook: Movie Marathon: the lord of the rings. All three movies and their extended versions! They started around 3pm and the last movie started around 1 am.. so they must have watched it until 4 am or something! I went to bed around 11 pm and I watch maybe half of the first movie. I really don't like them.. :D

On Monday me and the other finnish girl Miina (who is from Joensuu and whom I only met here in Greece) left to our school to eat for the first time and after that it was the info of our language course! I'm so excited! It's either on Tuesdays and Wednesday from 2-4pm or on Monday 3-5 pm and Thurdays 5-7pm or something like that. The teacher actually wasn't quite sure herself.. The food at the school was okey and the portions were big. I would really save some money if I would eat there once in a while. 

In the evening me and lots of other girls headed to Brettos to spend time to celebrate my neighbourgh Anais' birthday! :) We took the last metro home at midnight while most of them still decided to stay.

On Tuesday I went to the school by myself to eat and then to the language course. The first lesson was really boring for me since we only went through the alphabet. Of course the teacher told other stuff too, like words, which most were new to me. But still I felt really good that I already knew things. :) After that I just went to bed to watch series from computer while freezing, coughing and blowing my nose..

On Wednesday after sleeping not so many hours since my throat hurt so badly I woke up before 7 am to get ready for my first practical training day at the Attiko Hospital. The way there took over an hour! I had to take a metro and a bus which I waited for around 25 minutes! I got off at the right stop since I saw the huge hospital. It actually seemed really new and modern. The lobby was huge, it had at least 4-5 different corridors departing from the lobby. It took me ages just to find to the right elevators. From a big board on the wall I could read that the physical therapy department was either on -1 or -2 level. Then, by coincidence, I found some other physiotherapy students and I found the supervisor of mine. We sat on some gym and the woman explained everything, in greek.. When the woman left somewhere for a while the other students where so nice to me and asked tons of questions! Apparently the supervisor is really strict and you need to know lots of stuff!

Couple of pics of the hospital

My new classmates gave me a ride to the school where I went to eat and at the queue I met other Erasmus people! :) We had lunch together and headed to language class :) Where I was on fire!!! I know more stuff than I give credit to myself! It was fun! :)

In the evening I had really planned on going to the two parties by Athensmus and ESN but I was too tired and I felt too sick to be going anywhere! Instead I stayed at bed and watched series online. Later that I had a good time catching up with old friends living abroad! :)

Today I finally got some good sleep and I slept rather well! :) I had a date with the finnish girl Miina to meet at her practical training place since the physiotherapists there had invited me there to observe! It was children's intensive care unit and it was really interesting to see! In Finland we don't have that kind of opportunity to see places like that. It was nice but also really sad to see the children like that. :/ For example, there was this 3 months old baby which was not doing well at all. :( He was on the edge of his life. All the tubes and stuff around him. :/ But, I'm glad I had to opportunity to see ICU! :)

Today we also decided with Miina to go to a weekend trip to Poros! THIS GIRL IS GOING TO HER SECOND HOME! We leave tomorrow morning at 9 am and come back in Sunday evening! :)

Random stuff that has caught my eye!

• Kisses. When people meet they kiss each other to the cheeks, first on the left one then the right one. Still I haven't got used to that one! So weird to go kissing some strange guys when I meet them! And also when I meet other Erasmus people from France they kiss first to the right cheek and then to the left one. I constantly have to remember where the people are from, so I'm really not comfortable with that one yet..

• Everything here has a meaning and history. Every word, name, metro station, statue, EVERYTHING has a history. All the metro station's names has some kind of meaning. The common names here mean something etc.. Like the name viki means victory.

•  The school's canteen! Oh my god the noise there is crazy! It's so loud there that you have to almost yeall to get your voice heard. And people doesn't even notice it! :D

• Guys at the school (also in general) in my opinion has more piercings than in Finland the guys have!

• Mostly girls but also many guys are not that tall her. I feel like average at the school! :)

Introduction week, practical training and SAKIS! ;)

On Tuesday finally the introduction week of my school started by going to school and register there. The tour around campus started at 9 am but I went there around 11 am. When I went there I felt really really good and proud of myself. I went there alone and I already knew all the places and the huge campus and I wasn't really hanging to anyone like the other girls there. I filled the papers, I got my lunch card and library card (which I really believe that I won't be using). With the lunch card I can get two meals every day for free at the campus restaurants in Egaleo and near Omonia/Metaxourgio. The restaurants are pretty far away but I still think that I will use them at least couple of times per week. The introday continued at school but I felt like I already knew the stuff they were telling so I decided to leave from there.

When I went home my computer had a virus on it which the virus protection programs didn't detect! So I spent a great amount of time trying to fight with my computer. The internet browsers only stayed open for 30-60 seconds at a time when on the other hand skype worked without a problem..

In the evening I met a Finnish girl who had just arrived here and is also doing her practical training as a nurse. We went to have a hot chocolate and talked and discussed about everything for several hours. :) It was actually difficult for me to speak finnish since I'm so used to english by now. There also would have been a first intrduction week party but I was starting my practical training really early the next morning so I didn't go to the party.

Wednesday morning I woke up before 6 am to get ready. I had to take two metros and a bus to get there. I me this physiotherapist student  met at Attiki metro station but I had to wait for her over an hour since she was late. When we went to the Rehabilitation center I was in shock! It wasn't a nice feeling at all. Nobody, not even the boss there knew I was coming. They asked me questions like how many days in a week are you here or how long. I didn't know. I felt so stupid. Not that many people there spoke fluent English. The place and all the equipment were so old. It was a total shock. I new before hand that it would be not so modern than in Finland but I didn't expect that bad. They only had one rollator there which no one uses! I can't even describe everything which was so different. 

Waiting room

...

Gym

The physiotherapy room was this huge room with old wood tables which had only some paddings on top. There weren't any rooms so the therapy area was only isolated by curtains which often were all open since the patients wore all their clothes and the therapist were constantly speaking and laughing together. The students there didn't have any supervisors or anything. Instead they had their own patients and they were thinking about giving me also my own patients. In Finland we have supervisors with us like all the time and they advise and tell us what to do. And, the place is mostly neurological rehabilitation center and my neurostudies haven't even started yet.. And I wouldn't be able to communicate with the patients so well..

Instead of rollators they used these

After the shocking day at the practise place the girls showed me a place from where I could buy my doctors jacket.. :D The people working there were really really nice even though not all of them spoke english. It just means that I have to work even harder to understand greek. :)

The afternoon went trying to fix my computer and trying to learn some greek. :) Thursday was a similar day. I went to the rehabilitation center at 8.30 am (the others were supposed to be there at 8 am) and I was the third one to arrive.. :D I left from there at 12.30 am, the same time when the students also leave.

Friday was the day I had been waiting for, not only because the weekend started.. :P In the morning it was time for the practical training place. I tried to follow this around 40-year-old man named Dionisis because he is just a nice guy, speaks good english and knows what he is doing + he has the best sense of humour. There wasn't anything that extraordinary there but there was this old woman trying to walk between the parallel bars when Dionisis left somewhere leaving me there alone with the greek woman. First of all there was absolutely no point what we were doing 'cause the woman had NO interest at all ever getting up from her wheelchair and trying to walk again. Second, she had these massive support things on her legs (never seen those in Finland) which didn't allow her to bend her knees at all. Try to walk with your legs completely straight! Anyone, I was left alone there and the woman started to look really tired and I tried to ask her in Greek if she wanted to sit down. Then I saw Dionisis waving me from the office so I went there and he told me to sit down. I took a chair next to him on a computer and I thought that he would show me some neurological things or something like that. Instead, he started showing me his pictures around Greece and where I should travel while I'm here.. At the same time the old woman was there alone (of course there were other people near but still). And I tried to tell Dionisis that what about the woman there and he just told me that she'll be fine and someone will help her. :D Unbelievable. During the day we discussed (well he discussed) about why I didn't have a boyfriend or the real reasons why I should learn greek.. (In order to flirt with guys was his opinion). Also, once during the day a patient fell asleep during his therapy! :D funny day.

After rushing home and eating I was of to Syntagma sq. to meet my language partner Despoina. She was this nice girl who studies law. She learned really quickly and it was difficult to teach her since she asked really hard questions about finnish language which I didn't know how to answer. We were sitting in a coffee place for around three hours! It was so much fun and I really learned a lot new stuff. :) She told me that she was surprised how well I could speak since I've only studied on my own and also that I have a nice accent. :P 

Then it was a nap time and I was really not feeling  so well since I had terrible cough and my head hurt. I ended up sleeping over three hours and woke up to my alarm at 10.30 pm. It was so against my nature to get up at that time and start to get ready for going out with Xenofon and his friends to Sakis Rouvas live performance!

The guys picked me up at 11.45 pm and we drove around 15 minutes to Athens Arena which was really nice and big place! People were dressed really nice and the girls had high heels and some mini coctail dresses on. We had ordered a table from there and there were around 8-10 of us there. :) I got some Sakis Rouvas cd when I was younger and I used to listen to it in finland when I missed to Greece, so I new some of his songs beforehand. There were three main performances that night: Onirama band, Eleni Foureira and Sakis Rouvas and all of them were really good! :)

Eleni Foureira

Onirama

Onirama singer ;)

Sakis <3

Onirama singer once again.. :P

Me and Xenofon

 The night went really fast and I enjoyed myself! All the performances were awesome, so different than in Finland. They started maybe around 1 am and it ended at 5 am. We drank whisky and I paid 20 euros for the whole night! :) I went to bed around 6.15 am..