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Spring Break part 2, Athens!

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I am sorry this post is so long overdue, I don't really have any good excuses either since I've been in Budapest for the past couple weeks.... Picking up where the previous post left off, after a significant amount of scenery and cards we arrived in Athens. A hectic metro trip, and deceptively long walk later we found ourselves at the doorstep of the Hotel Zeus, our residence for the next two days. After a quick planning meeting, we went to bed in order to be ready to take on one of the worlds oldest cities. The next morning we headed down towards the ancient city center, with the Acropolis and other historical sites. While Ranjan and Will went to pick up our train tickets for the trip back to Thessaloniki the rest of the group walked around the touristy area of downtown, including the misnamed and unfortunately overpriced flea market. A friendly kutya (Hungarian for dog) then led us to the base of the Acropolis hill where we met back up with Will and Ranjan. We spent the r...

Spring Break!!

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I'm back safe and sound from spring break!! I went to Thessaloniki, Athens, and Mykonos via train and ferry for a grand total of nearly 80 hours in transit. Totally worth it!!! There is absolutely no way for me to give a play by play, and I should be doing homework so here are some of my favorite pictures to tide you over.

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Well tomorrow I get up, take a Combinatorics midterm, finish packing, then get on a 23 hour train ride to Greece. Hooray spring break. I intend to take lots of pictures and regale you all at a later date.