Remember the Time Spring Break was Epic

Me with a guard in front of parilament

Me and Jenn in front of the Parthenon

Group pic on the ferry

Church in Aegina

Spring Break was incredible and extremly exhausting all at the same time. Friday we got up early to fly to Athens, Greece. Greece was amazing, it took about 5 seconds for me to fall in love with it. We stayed in Greece for about 3 days and tried to do and see as much as we could. We saw a lot of the ancient Greek ruins and climbed to the top of the Acropolis to see the Parthenon. This was absolutly beautiful and incredible given that the ruins are thousands of years old. We also saw the 1884 and the 2004 Olympic Stadiums. I am sure both were grand in their time but now they were kind of empty and sad, especially the 2004 complex. One day while we were there, we took a ferry to the island Aegina, it wasn't as magnificent as I am sure Santorini is, but it was pretty and we had a relaxing day. It was nice to see the beach again. The food in Greece was amazing as well. I had gyros, mousaka, greek yogurt, and other various dishes that I am unsure of the contents, but it was all really really good. I also tried Ouzu which is a greek alcohol that had 38% alcohol, it was nasty. We were busy, but still made time for shopping. I got lots of souveniers and one of the shop keepers told me I looked Greek so he gave me a luck Greek penny. Greece is incredible and I recommend that everyone get there at some point.

In front of the Trevi

At the Coloseum

At the mouth of truth, it was supposed to bite my hand off if I was lying

Next we flew to Rome, also an amazing city. Rome was the scene for most of our stories, although interestingly it was the only city that I did not fall in. We ate gelato on the Spanish steps and made wishes in the Trevi fountain and of course saw the famous Coloseum. It was raining the day we went to the Coloseum, but it was still really cool. There are also tons of ruins all over the city, the Forum which is the old center of Rome, old temples, tombs, and building remains. It was crazy to think about how old a lot of the things were and how important a lot of it was to one of the greatest empires of all time. The food here was also fantastic, the pasta amazing, the pizza fabulous and incredible gelato. Me and one of my friends actually ordered gelato in a bar and it was the most amazing thing ever, unfortunately little did we know that our gelato, a diet soda, and an iced tea would cost us 30 euros which converts to about $42. It was served on a silver platter, as it should have been. We were so shocked that we only found it funny. Here I tried lemoncello which is one of Italy's famous alcohols. Most of the time there the weather was nice, but the one day it rained, it poured. We were soaked. I kept wringing out my shirt and my shoes were soaked through so much that my skin was soggy. What made it worse was this was the evening we were taking a train to Venice so we couldn't change. The train was supercheap, super dirty and super sketchy. It was freezing all night and the bathroom was one of the nastiest things I have ever seen. I guess that is what it is like for college students backpacking through Europe, but never again!

Venice



Venice



Juliet Statue

We ended up getting into Venice a little after 5 am, the issue being we couldn't get into our hostel and nothing was open til 7. We walked around until we could put our luggage in the luggage room and then had breakfast. We explored Venice until we could check into our rooms and shower our nap. It was one of the best naps of my life. Venice was beautiful. We went to a gondala and explored the city and did A LOT of shopping. The canals were so pretty. We also again had amazing food. The Tiramisu and chicken parm were fabulous. The one day we were there we took a train to Verona to see the Romeo and Juliet balcony. Verona was also beautiful. We toured the Juliet house and emailed her letters. Again like every other city we ate and shopped. It was a perfect day. Our final day back in Venice was more exploring and more shopping. It was a great end to an amazing spring break. Italy is a place everyone should visit.