Greece

Apologies readers.... I realize that every recent post has just been me attempting to procrastinate. WELL! You are in luck.... in the past week, after much pain and suffering, I managed to write two 8 (ish) page papers IN FRENCH, do a presentation on the conflict in Yougoslavie (I'm an expert now), take a test.... oh and go to Athens, Greece and visit three of my favorite people in the world for 5 days.... No. Big. Deal.

I realize nobody cares to hear about the massive amounts of homework that consumed my life for the past while (and really there was nothing going on in Paris during that time)... so let's jump straight to Athens!

Enter the players:

Maggie (dear friend and roomie 4eva)

Cary - Grecian goddess already

Alison - fellow International Relations major and so freakin' international

Pretty much three of my favorite people in the entire world. We all lived on the same floor freshman year and have been solid friends ever since. Alison and Maggie are studying in Greece right now, and Cary is studying in London..... so we both popped down for the weekend for an epic Trojan/Sixth Floor Pardee Reunion.

Greece is BEAUTIFUL:

SO much history and culture and some really incredible museums, not to mention the food (I ate so many gyros!)..... but honestly it was just so happy to spend quality time with some people that make me feel 100% comfortable. France has a knack for... not doing that...... but Greece was all about the 24/7 laughter, cuddling, and 70+ degree weather. I definitely needed such a vacation.

We also went to see Harry Potter 7!!!!!!! LONG AWAITED AND AWESOME. Maggie dressed up like Hagrid.... I mean Magrid.

This is sadly one of the only pictures we took of all 4 of us:

BUT!!!! Take two when 6th Floor Reunion goes to.... London! Yep. Just 8 days from now we will all be meeting up north. Expect future updates of our travels together including..... a Santa Pub Crawl! Can't wait to kick off the holiday season :) However strange it is to to not be with my family tomorrow for Zee Zanksgeeeving (that's how they refer to it in France) I'm looking forward to another Parisian weekend.

Comme d'habitude,

Clara