Yassou! That's hello, in Greek!

We made it! The past 24 hours could not have gone by more slowly. We got to Sea-Tac at 6:00am, waited in an extremely long line to check in, THOUGHT we had printed our boarding passes but got sent back to the counter for the correct boarding pass after waiting in another extremely long line at security. Finally got through security, and arrived at our gate right in time to board. After our 4 hour layover in Toronto, we were finally headed to Athens!

After we got off the plane and went through customs, we realized we had no idea where we were going. We asked the people at the money exchange counter what to do and they told us to take the metro! So, we headed to the metro station, jumped on a train, and followed directions given to us by a journalist who seemed to be the only one on the train who spoke english. It worked! We made it!

It's really hot, muggier than I expected too, especially after hauling around my 25+ lb. backpack. When we landed it kind of looked like Eastern Washington out the windows, and downtown Athens where we are is really dirty. Not really what I expected, but Ive only been here for a few hours! They sell beer in the vending machine at our hostel, that may come in handy?  We took a walk around the neighborhood, but most places close down for a little "siesta" from 1pm-5pm, so were going to take a nap until dinner. It's 5am in Seattle right now, 3pm here, and I havent slept more than 4 hours in the past 24...