Ashley Bruce
Blog #8
16 April 2013
Coming to an End
It is bitter sweet sitting here writing this blog knowing
that this is my last week in Athens. This 3 month journey is finally coming two
an end with only one week in Athens which I call home, and one week on the
beautiful islands of Santorini and Naxos. I am extremely privileged for being
able to come here and this trip has made me realize who I really am.
On
Tuesday April 16th, we had class at ten am. I sure am going to miss
sleeping in every morning and getting to walk in the beautiful Athens spring
weather. I have decided to stop at a bakery every morning this week because I
will not be able to do that every morning when I am back in Rindge for my
senior year. This morning I got Bougatsa. I chose this because it was in one of
our short stories, and I never got the chance to get one on the island of
Crete. Bougatsa is a pastry filled with creamy milk custard with cinnamon sugar
poured on top of it. Right when you take a bite your mouth is in heaven and you
just can’t get enough of it. You can find it in pretty much every bakery in
Greece!
After
class I decided to do more work on our final paper. Hayley and I decided to
partner up and write the paper together. We researched on what to write for a
few hours and began writing the paper. We got off to a pretty good start until
our GA walked down the stairs to serve us dinner. He made breakfast for dinner.
You can never go wrong with that! He made us scrambled eggs with the choice of
peppers, onions, or plain, home fries, toast, and bacon served with you choice of
juice or milk. The aroma off all the food hit my nose senses and I couldn’t help
to wait to dig in. it was so mouthwatering I ate it like I was a vacuum. I
ended up having 2 servings!
After
dinner, the girls and I decided to hike Mt. Lycabettus one final time to watch
the sunset. We took a different way up the mountain than usual. Personally I
thought that the new way we went was a lot harder. Instead of going up the
front of the mountain we headed up the back. There was a lot more stairs and it
was a lot steeper. My breathing got
heavier and deeper the higher I got. I took a couple breaks to take in the
view, but kept going knowing once I was at the top the sun would finally be
setting and I would be able to see everything.
I
finally reached the top. Since we went up the back of the mountain we had to
walk through the outdoor café. It was a little awkward walking through the café
because there were people standing outside of it having drinks. The ladies were
wearing dresses and had heals on, and the men were in dress pants with shirts
and ties. Then there we were us, in sweat pants and sweatshirts! We walked
through them and they all stared. It didn’t bother me though because I would
rather be comfy walking up that mountain while taking the beautiful view in
than riding up in a taxi looking at the beautiful views through a window. It was cold on top of the mountain and the
winds were blowing, but it was worth the watch. We made it just in time. The
sky was a bit cloudy, but I thought that it made the sunset ten times better.
The brightness of the sun would peak through the clouds shining on certain
parts of the city. As it was getting lower and to the mountain level the sun
fully popped out from behind the clouds. The sun was a bright shade of red. The
sailor’s sky made the perfect sunset. I was catching one of the prettiest sunsets
I’ve seen through my lenses. It brought me so much peace sitting there and
taking it all in. It’s moments like these that make me want to stay here
forever.
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