Minoan Special - mixed drink. Lovely. Sleeping on the cruise ship = not so lovely. I felt like I was in a coffin the entire time. When the lights went out it was pitch black. Plus, I had the weirdest dreams concerning Greek gods that night (and if you've ever heard a greek myth, you know exactly how screwed up my dream must've been). *Please see the section about Knossos Palace later for an example of one greek myth*
Friday:
Woke up bright and early at 5 AM in a pitch black room (very very difficult). Got breakfast at a hotel at around 7 AM where we learned that Greek grandma's are more agressive than New Jersey drivers during rush hour. They literally pushed their way in front and elbowed some of us. One of us simply said "Sig-no-my" or "Excuse me" in Greek and stepped in front of me and stayed there. It's apparently an unspoken rule that old ladies can do that... but how many do you let through before you put your foot down? And how do you ignore an old lady that reminds you of your grandmother? And how can you be respectful to your elders if they're so goddamn rude? There was at least 30 of them and they all had their way... we waited in line for a good extra 40 minutes. We went from being 2nd in line to about 15th in line in a matter of minutes.
After checking in we headed right over to Knossos Palace, which was actually pretty cool. We had just finished the section on Minoan/Mycenaen palaces so we were able to recognize everything. The Minoans built their palaces in very complex ways so as to confuse a guest into thinking the palace was a lot grander than it actually was. There were always a series of twists and turns, going in and out of lighted areas, and dozens of doors, before a guest actually was able to make his way to the central courtyard. Because these palaces were so complicated... the story of the Minotaur and the labyrinth was created. Now most people know the story with Theseus defeating the Minotaur (who is a Greek hero that I liked way better than Hercules). But most people don't know the story about how the Minotaur was born.... I won't bog you down with the details. Short version? The queen had sex with a white bull because she fell in lust with it. Oh, the Greeks.
Then we played hide and seek at the Tylisos ruins. Wicked fun. =) Best site yet.
Finally we were given time to get to the beach (which was beautiful). The waves were large enough for us to swim with when it broke on us and it wasn't that crowded... which is why we might have spotted a couple having sex...
On the way back from the beach though we got onto the bus and forgot to get off on our stop (all ten of us). So getting to the beach took 40 minutes, and getting back took 1.2 hours. It was a funny time, although I'm sure some people were a little pissed off and upset. But time you enjoyed wasting was not wasted.
Sitting at the very back of the bus, I was seperated from the rest of my group so I talked to the people who were at the bus stop with us. When one girl said she was from France, I might've freaked out a little bit because I was so happy =) For everyone that has seen "L'auberge Espagnol"... the girl was studying abroad in Greece as part of the program "Erasmus"!! Hahaha, I was so excited. We went off in French for a while when I suddenly realized her friends were all Greek and couldn't understand a word of what we were saying. So sadly, we switched back to English/the broken bits of Greek I knew. She said my French accent was good (she looked a little surprised). Yayyyy! French 205 paid off? When I told her I wasn't from France but that I would be studying a semester abroad in Lyon (hopefully) she gave me her email and number. Apparently she lives about 20 minutes from Lyon and said I should contact her if I needed anything and wanted to hang out when I got there. She was a sweetheart. And her name was wicked cool: Mailys pronounced "My - Leece".
We wandered around the area, had dinner, then played Kings in the boys hotel room. But we were in a new city, so by the time we went out, we had to wander around for a long while before we found a club. We ended up at "Club Vogue" which I swear must've been a gay bar. Jesse (a guy) was offered a drink by three different guys. But it's so hard to tell!! The number one question on everyone's mind on this trip: are they gay or european? Just listen to 0:31 and on.
Steph is the ballsiest girl on our studyabroad trip (seriously she has more balls than the three guys combined). She met one of the only group of straight guys at the club. They bought her, Mary, and me drinks and I was offered someone's cigarette. 3 glasses of wine, 2 tequila shots, and a glass of something later I was pretty tipsy. Shots were 3 Euros each. I only bought one shot for myself, but I didn't think it was worth it to stay there with my money running so low... so I decided to go back with Giff and Mary but the moment we crossed the street, Mary spotted another bar called... Codebar? I can't remember. She literally dragged us into it. The three of us bought one shot each (so I had maybe a euro left on me) which was followed by another two shots of tequila that the bartender gave to us on the house, and a beer that other people at the bar bought for all three of us. Conclusion: Greeks love drunk Americans. The only Americans in a wicked quiet bar... we danced to American music and went crazy. I'm sure the Greeks had a fun time watching us. Tried to get home and got lost following Giff. Ended up finding our way somehow, it was a miracle though. Finally collapsed at like 4-5 AM (I'm not sure) and woke up at 8 AM the next day. Bad decisions. The end.
Girls on Harry B1, I hope you enjoyed that story. *Dies* I did miss you all that night and wished you had been there. You guys would've loved it.
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