Athens day 1

Kalispera (greek for hello)
After several flight delays and travelling for over 24 hours, I arrived in Athens around 2am. I immediately met a group of Americans studying abroad in Paris who were headed to the island of Milos for spring break. Speaking of spring break, every college student in europe must have come here because they're everywhere. The Americans were very friendly and we had a nice chat on the bus - they were surprised that I was travelling on my own and offered me their info in Paris since they'll be there when I swing through later this month. I met a man from Crete on the bus as well who is now living in Athens. We talked about the movie "300" and he asked me if I surfed. I tried explaining about the cold water and the great whites - not sure if he totally understood.

The airport in Amsterdam almost arrested me. I had such a long delay (9 hours) that I was able to take the train into Amsterdam. It was amazing weather and scenery - bikes everywhere, beautiful canals and pot shops all over. When I got back from Amsterdam to the airport, I was looking for my luggage in my storage, when I passed backward through a secure checkpoint. Immediately I had 3 dutch security guards questioning me and threatening to arrest me. Thankfully they let the "stupid American" go. hahaa I was so beyond tired yesterday that I must have wandered in circles for several hours in the airport before I was able to finish checking in. Don't even make me explain what happened with the liquids in my bag.

I'm going to see the Acropolis today - it's Good Friday today so it opens at 12pm. The one thing I forgot was my camera cable to d/l images so I'll have to buy one soon so I can show you all some pics on this blog!

Hope you're all well - Jeremy