Monday, August 25, 2008

Goodbye from Santorini.

Final Thoughts on Santorini
Santorini was absolutely gorgeous! If you ever visit RENT A 4-WHEELER! Walking is borderline miserable and the buses just make you nauseas. But other than that the trip was fabulous. In retrospect, I’m not sure I would have gotten on the plane last Tuesday if I hadn't been coming here first to meet my friends. It gave me something to be excited about to take away all of the anxiety that I was (and am) feeling about Berlin.

We’ve also had a lot of trouble with English. And while I wish I was referring to finding people who speak English, I am actually referring to our ability to speak with proper grammar. After constantly trying to converse with people from all over the world (literally) I find myself leaving out words and phrases so that I can get straight to the point. For example: What is the name of this song? to How you call (point to speakers)?

On another note: People in this part of the world are SO nice. I know we feel like they have some major flaws, aka no deodorant, but they are so friendly and so generous. Take for example the guys that helped us when we stepped on the ahenus. Not only did they help us out with our feet and throughout the rest of our trip, we are meeting up with them in Athens for a tour of the Acropolis. Its wonderful stories like that and spur of the moment, genuine conversations with English lads that make you wonder if the Americans have been the rude ones all along.

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