Zach Wasielewski
Prof. Roth
4/8/13
Paul’s Birthday
Today was my
day to do my blog but since it was a slow day considering we just had class and
I napped after class I am going to talk about Saturday. As I rolled out of my
bed from my first day back from Poland I got my pillow and blanket and made my
way out onto the roof deck. Pat and I decided that we were going to lie
out on the deck all day and get some sun and relax. I couldn’t have asked
for a more beautiful day.
The minute I sat down in the chair I couldn’t help to feel like I was at
the beach with my family.
We always would rent a massive house with 5 families. It felt like I was so
I decided that it was time to get some food. Now being gone from Athens for 10 days I was
really craving a Gyro, but not just any Gyro, but my favorite Gyro. The Gyro’s at Sappa’s
in Exarchia are the best Gyro I have tasted so far. That is exactly where
I was planning on going.
On the walk down I was thinking about how in the beginning of the trip I
was like a lost puppy.
Now I walk down the streets of Athens with no problem. It’s insane to think
that just 2 short months ago I was walking in the streets of Athens for the
first time and was completely lost. Look at me now! Making my way down to Exarchia had never felt
so long because all I was craving was the Gyro and I couldn’t wait to indulge
on it.
Weaving and winding through the roads of Athens really started to take a
beating to my legs.
Having to walk everywhere we go is a blessing but also a curse. I love the fact that
I am staying in shape but man do my legs get awfully tired from day to day. I have the same
feeling as when I was in high school on my soccer team. I would come home
from practice and my legs would be dead.
Finally
arriving at Sappa’s I couldn’t help but to order two Gyros’. This was trouble,
because eating one Gyro in a day is enough but the second one was icing on the
cake.
The way they pack as much pork into a tortilla, along with lettuce,
onions, tzatziki, and French fries it really isn’t fair. The way the tzatziki
goes with the pork and French fries really adds so much flavor. I truly believe that
Gyro’s are my favorite food of Greece. I am going to deeply miss eating a Gyro for
lunch when I go back home.
The pork Gyros’ are so much better than the chicken gyros’. After they handed me
my two pork gyros’ I decided I needed to get my favorite juice to go along with
these Gyro’s.
I stopped at the mini market on the way back to the apartment and bought
a liter of Amita Juice; the apple, orange, and apricot flavor. The hardest part is the wait until I could sit in the
apartment up on the deck to enjoy them. So I had to high-tail it back to the
apartment.
I felt like I never walked so fast back to the apartment I made a
usually walk that last 10 minutes, last 5 minutes. As I got back to the apartment I
thought I was in the clear but I forgot living on the fourth floor has some
consequences.
These consequences are making me climb to the four floors of the stairs
every time I leave the apartment. Usually I am able to run up three flights of
the stairs and then walk the last flight. This time was different I started to run up
the first set and knew at that point I was walking the rest. By the time that I
arrived at the top I was pretty much crawling up the last set of stairs. My legs had been so sore from walking around
in Poland that stairs were a challenge for me.
After eating
my Gyro’s our friends that we meet from the university came over to hang out
for his birthday.
It was his 20th birthday so we went to go out as a group with
him and celebrate his birthday together. They came over and we relaxed on the roof
deck and caught them up with our travels. We then decided to have a foosball games
between each other.
This was a lot of fun and we ended up playing two on two and Pat and I
beat Paul and Kevin.
We hadn’t seen them in ten days so we had a lot of catching up to do. Finally after we were
ready to go out for the night at about 9 we headed over to Paul’s house because
he was having people over.
On the walk over we got a couple of beers and got a present for Paul for
his birthday.
Once we got to his house we hung out till the rest of the people arrived. This was the first
time we were going to meet this new group of kids so we were all really excited. As the night went on
we celebrated Paul’s birthday by starting out at his house and the going to a
club at Gazi called Venue.
This was a massive club and was a lot of fun. After the club Ashley
and I decided that we want to get Gyro’s. Which if you are counting that would be my
third Gyro of the day.
Not good.
Anyways the Gyro was just as good as the first two I purchased earlier
in the day and we ended up going back to the apartment and that is when I was
ready for bed.
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