We settled in pretty well. There's two desks, two beds, a small kitchen and a dining room table where we play JUST played spoons. It got pretty intense.
There's a supermarket down the road and Vernava square two streets down with a dozen cafe's and restaurants. The best gyro place happens to be at the corner of the square (under a white awning next to a green one). I have no idea what it's called. Gyro's for 1.90 euros and a drink for another euro, which in Greece is the best deal you can find.
For dinner my roommate and I had pasta and wine. We're wicked cute.
By the way, cooking in Greece is really difficult because
1. Butter is not common(we looked everywhere). Though olive oil is healthier for you.
2. Everything is in greek and in cartons. We can't tell the difference between tomato sauce and tomato soup.
3. We're always afraid of short circuiting everything. You have to unplug the microwave to use the oven, and vice versa. Turn off the AC to use the hot water. Etc.
4. Supermarkets close on Sundays which we learned the hard way.
The other down parts about our apartment?
1. The elevator fits three people if you cram.
2. ^It's already broken once.
3. The stairwell is a death trap because it's windy and made of marble... try walking up that drunk.
4. The floors are wicked dirty/dusty. After walking around for maybe ten minutes in my apartment, my feet are blackkkk. Ew. Not fun. Yay, feet:
HAHAHA, TMI? =P
But I love it. It's quaint. =) It's exactly what I would want if I lived in the city. It makes me feel very... alive to live here in an apartment in Greece. It's very surreal. There's always so much nervous energy here. It's not like NYC where there's always something going on or like Boston which I know so well. It's not like Paris where everything feels European and elegant... it's distinctly Greek, foreign to me. It's ancient which does not connote "old" in my mind. "Ancient" has a different feel to it, n'est-ce pas?
tc you're feet are disgusting.
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